Lepraria olivacea Persoon ex Acharius 1810
Current name:
Desmococcus olivaceus (Persoon ex Acharius) J.R.Laundon
Upper Canal Road, Galway City, Ireland. Forming green coating at the base of electricity pole - 24 April 2005. Fabio Rindi (f.rindi@univpm.it)
Publication Details
Lepraria olivacea Persoon ex Acharius 1810: 666
Published in: Acharius, E. (1810). Lichenographia universalis. In qua Lichenes omnes detectos, adiectis observationibus et figuris horum vegetabilium naturam et organorum carpomorphorum structuram illustrantibus, ad genera, species, varietates differentiis et observationibus sollicite definitas. pp. [i]-viii, [1]-696, XIV pls. Gottingae [Göttingen]: Apud Iust. Frid. Danckwerts.
Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Desmococcus olivaceus (Persoon ex Acharius) J.R.Laundon.
Type Information
Type locality: Sweden, France, or Germany; (Index Nominum Algarum) Lectotype fide J.R. Laundon, Taxon 34: 672. 1985: BM; Acharius 890 (Index Nominum Algarum) Notes: "Type [unlocalised], on conifer bark with the fungus Hysterium (BM-Ach 890 left-hand specimen! lectotype, selected here; H.Ach. 2006, Persoon 97 from 'Gallia' [France], probably isotype" (Laundon, 1985: 672).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 January 2022
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 January 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024