Diploschistes scruposus

Diploschistes scruposus
Diploschistes scruposus

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Graphidales
Family: Graphidaceae
Genus: Diploschistes
Species:
D. scruposus
Binomial name
Diploschistes scruposus
(Schreb.) Norman (1852)
Synonyms
  • Lichen scruposus Schreb. (1771)

Diploschistes scruposus (crater lichen) is a pale gray to white, warty to cracked (areolate) crustose lichen with black, urn-shaped (urceolate) fruiting bodies (apothecia). It is found worldwide on growing on rock (saxicolous) that is siliceous, in open areas in Mediterranean, temperate and polar areas, from the low tropics to high altitudes.[2]: 265 [3] It is in the family Graphidaceae. In California, it is the most common member of the Diploschistes genus. It is not covered in a powdery white coating (epruinose),[2] which distinguishes it from other members of the genus.[3]

References

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  1. ^ NatureServe. "Diploschistes scruposus". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  2. ^ a b Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
  3. ^ a b Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. Vol 1, Nash, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C., Bugartz, F., (eds.) 2001


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