[PortoSantoLichens]

Pictures of
PORTO SANTO lichens
and lichenicolous fungi

List of species / Notes

by H. Sipman, A. Aptroot...
last updated:
14 August 2019, 12 April 2021
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Roccella allorgei Abbayes - On volcanic rock.
[Roccella allorgei] [Roccella allorgei]
(Aptroot 74791); click for enlargement. (photo M. Vervoort); click for enlargement.
[Roccella allorgei]
(photo M. Vervoort) with R. maderensis and R. tinctoria; click for enlargement.
 
Roccella fuciformis (L.) DC. - On volcanic rock.
[Roccella fuciformis] [Roccella fuciformis]
(Sipman 62771) with apothecia; click for enlargement. (Sipman 62773); click for enlargement.
[Roccella fuciformis] [Roccella fuciformis]
(Sipman 62823) with deciduous branchlets; click for enlargement. (photo M. Vervoort); click for enlargement.
[Roccella fuciformis] [Roccella fuciformis]
(photo M. Vervoort) with R. tinctoria; click for enlargement. (photo A. Gerlach); click for enlargement.
 
Roccella maderensis (J. Steiner) Follmann - On volcanic rock.
[Roccella maderensis] [Roccella maderensis]
(Sipman 62784); click for enlargement. (photo M. Vervoorst) with R. tinctoria; click for enlargement.
[Roccella maderensis]
(photo M. Vervoorst); click for enlargement.
 
Roccella phycopsis Ach. - Epiphytic.
[Roccella phycopsis] [Roccella phycopsis]
(Sipman 63043); click for enlargement. (Sipman 63043); click for enlargement.
[Roccella phycopsis]
(photo M. Vervoort); click for enlargement.
 
Roccella tinctoria DC. - On volcanic rock.
[Roccella tinctoria] [Roccella tinctoria]
(Sipman 62769); click for enlargement. (Sipman 62822); click for enlargement.
[Roccella tinctoria] [Roccella tinctoria]
(Sipman 62920) specimen with deciduous apical branchlets; click for enlargement. (photo A. Gerlach); click for enlargement.
 
Rusavskia resendei (Poelt & Tav.) S.Y. Kondr. & Kärnefelt - On volcanic rock.
[Rusavskia resendei] [Rusavskia resendei]
(photo M. Vervoort); click for enlargement. (photo M. Vervoort) in wet state; click for enlargement.
[Rusavskia resendei]
(Sipman 62986); click for enlargement.
 
Schismatomma albocinctum (Nyl.) Zahlbr. - Epiphytic.
[Schismatomma albocinctum]
(Sipman 62788); click for enlargement.
 
Schismatomma graphidioides (Nyl.) Zahlbr. - Epiphytic.
[Schismatomma graphidioides]
(Sipman 62787); click for enlargement.
 
Scoliciosporum umbrinum (Ach.) Arnold - On volcanic rock.
[Scoliciosporum umbrinum]
(Sipman 62922); click for enlargement.
 
Scytinium callopismum (A. Massalongo) Otálora, P.M. Jørg. & Wedin - On mortar on stone in path. The specimen is very poor and the identification uncertain.
[Scytinium callopismum]
(Sipman 62861); click for enlargement.
 
Solenopsora vulturiensis A. Massal. - On rock and soil. Provisional identification.
[Solenopsora vulturiensis] [Solenopsora vulturiensis]
(Aptroot 74609); click for enlargement. (photo M. Vervoort); click for enlargement.
 
Sphinctrina tubiformis A. Massal. - Lichenicolous on Pertusaria heterochroa.
[Sphinctrina tubiformis]
(Sipman 62805); click for enlargement.
 
Squamarina cartilaginea (With.) P. James - On wind- and sun-exposed, stony soil.
[Squamarina cartilaginea] [Squamarina cartilaginea]
(Sipman 63031); click for enlargement. (photo M. Vervoort); click for enlargement.
 
Syncesia myrticola (Fée) Tehler - Epiphytic or on volcanic rock.
[Syncesia myrticola] [Syncesia myrticola]
(photo M. Vervoort); click for enlargement. (photo M. Vervoort); click for enlargement.
[Syncesia myrticola]
(Sipman 62933); click for enlargement.
 
Tephromela atra cf. - On volcanic rock. TLC: atranorin, alectoronic acid (1 specimen tested). Form with immersed apothecia = var. deplanata (J. Steiner) Hafellner & Hierzer? Possibly damaged stage caused by snail grazing.
[Tephromela cf. atra] [Tephromela cf. atra]
(Sipman 62911); click for enlargement. (Sipman 62947); click for enlargement.
[Tephromela cf. atra] [Tephromela cf. atra]
(Sipman 62992); click for enlargement. (Sipman 63003); click for enlargement.
[Tephromela cf. atra] [Tephromela cf. atra]
(Aptroot 74737); click for enlargement. (Aptroot 74737); click for enlargement.
[Tephromela cf. atra]
(photo M. Vervoort); click for enlargement.
 
Thelenella muscorum (Th. Fr.) Vain. - On soil.
[Thelenella muscorum]
(Aptroot 74754); click for enlargement.
 
Thelomma mammosum (Hepp) A. Massal. - On volcanic rock. TLC: 3-chlorodivaricatic, salazinic acids (1 specimen tested).
[Thelomma mammosum] [Thelomma mammosum]
(photo M. Vervoorst); click for enlargement. (photo M. Vervoorst), spores from mazaedium on finger tip; click for enlargement.
[Thelomma mammosum] [Thelomma mammosum]
(Sipman 62901); click for enlargement. (photo A. Gerlach); click for enlargement.
 
Thelopsis isiaca Stizenb. - On volcanic rock.
[Thelopsis isiaca]
(Aptroot 74852); click for enlargement.
 
Thelotrema laurisilvae Lücking & Breuss - Epiphytic.
[Thelotrema laurisilvae] [Thelotrema laurisilvae]
(Sipman 62771); click for enlargement. (Follmann s.n. [B 60 0200970]); click for enlargement.
[Thelotrema laurisilvae]
(photo A. Gerlach); click for enlargement.
 
Toninia aromatica (Turner) A. Massal. (syn. Toniniopsis aromatica (Sm.) Kistenich, Timdal, Bendiksby & S. Ekman) - On stony soil.
[Toninia aromatica] [Toninia aromatica]
(Sipman 62835); click for enlargement. (Sipman 62842); click for enlargement.
[Toninia aromatica] [Toninia aromatica]
(Sipman 62885); click for enlargement. (Sipman 62985) on rock; click for enlargement.
[Toninia aromatica] [Toninia aromatica]
(Sipman 62985) non-maculate thallus; click for enlargement. (photo M. Vervoort); click for enlargement.
[Toninia aromatica] [Toninia aromatica]
(Sipman 62841); click for enlargement. (Sipman 62999a); click for enlargement.
 
Toninia plumbina (Anzi) Hafellner & Timdal - On volcanic rock. Identification uncertain.
[Toninia plumbina]
(Aptroot 74683a); click for enlargement.
 
Toninia toepferi (Th. Fr.) Th. Fr. (syn. Thalloidima toepfferi Stein) - On soil. With characteristic, white pseudocyphellae.
[Toninia toepferi] [Toninia toepferi]
(Vervoort s. n.); click for enlargement. (photo M. Vervoort); click for enlargement.
 
Trapelia coarctata (Turner) M. Choisy - On soil.
[Trapelia coarctata] [Trapelia coarctata]
(Aptroot 74756); click for enlargement. (photo M. Vervoort); click for enlargement.
 
Trapeliopsis wallrothii (Flörke ex Spreng.) Hertel & Gotth. Schneid. - On volcanic rock.
[Trapeliopsis wallrothii] [Trapeliopsis wallrothii]
(Sipman 62982); click for enlargement. (Aptroot 74757); click for enlargement.
[Trapeliopsis wallrothii]
(photo M. Vervoort); click for enlargement.
 
Usnea rubicunda Stirt. - Epiphytic. TLC: usnic, stictic, cryptostictic, ?constictic acids (1 specimen tested).
[Usnea rubicunda]
(Sipman 62868); click for enlargement.
 
Usnea subscabrosa Nyl. ex Motyka - Epiphytic. TLC: squamatic + thamnolic acids (4 specimens tested), an unusual strain.
[Usnea subscabrosa] [Usnea subscabrosa]
(Sipman 62871); click for enlargement. (photo A. Gerlach); click for enlargement.
[Usnea subscabrosa]
(photo A. Gerlach); click for enlargement.
 
Varicellaria velata (Turner) I. Schmitt & Lumbsch - Epiphytic and on volcanic rock. TLC: lichexanthone, lecanoric acids (3 specimens tested). The saxicolous specimens, nr. 63012 and 74803, have a thicker, warty thallus and agree with Pertusaria conglobata (Ach.) Th. Fr., nowadays considered a synonym of V. velata.
[Varicellaria velata] [Varicellaria velata]
(Sipman 62803) corticolous; click for enlargement. (Sipman 62874) corticolous; click for enlargement.
[Varicellaria velata] [Varicellaria velata]
(Sipman 63012) saxicolous; click for enlargement. (Sipman 63012) saxicolous; click for enlargement.
[Varicellaria velata]
(Aptroot 74803) saxicolous, swollen form known as Pertusaria conglobata (Ach.) Th. Fr.; click for enlargement.
[Varicellaria velata] [Varicellaria velata]
(photo M. Vervoort) on Euphorbia; click for enlargement. (photo M. Vervoort) id., detail; click for enlargement.
 
Variolaria trachythallina (Erichsen) Lendemer, B.P. Hodk. & R.C. Harris (syn. Lepra trachythallina (Erichsen) Lendemer & R.C. Harris) - Epiphytic. TLC: thamnolic acid (2 specimens tested).
[Variolaria trachythallina] [Variolaria trachythallina]
(Sipman 62819); click for enlargement. (Aptroot 73637); click for enlargement.
 
Verrucaria macrostoma Dufour ex DC. - On rock.
[Verrucaria macrostoma]
(Aptroot 74833); click for enlargement.
 
Verrucaria muralis Ach. - On rock.
[Verrucaria muralis]
(Aptroot 74601); click for enlargement.
 
Verrucaria murina Leight. - On rock.
[Verrucaria murina]
(Aptroot 74601); click for enlargement.
 
Verrucaria nigrescens Pers. - On volcanic rock. The species is used in a wide sense, including V. fusconigrescens Nyl.
[Verrucaria nigrescens] [Verrucaria nigrescens]
(Sipman 63006); click for enlargement. (Aptroot 74834); click for enlargement.
 
Xanthoparmelia pulloides (Essl.) O. Blanco et al. - On volcanic rock. TLC: indet. traces, gyrophoric acid (2 specimens tested).
[Xanthoparmelia pulloides]
(Sipman 62851); click for enlargement.
 
Xanthoparmelia tinctina (Maheu & A. Gillet) Hale - On volcanic rock.
[Xanthoparmelia tinctina]
(Sipman 62851); click for enlargement.
 
Xanthoparmelia verruculifera (Nyl.) O. Blanco et al. - On volcanic rock. TLC: tr stenosporic, divaricatic, oxystenosporic, ?gyrophoric acids (1 specimen tested).
[Xanthoparmelia verruculifera]
(Sipman 62853) right side, at the left X. pulloides; click for enlargement.
 
Xanthoparmelia sp. - On volcanic rock. Specimens on photographs evidently belonging to other species, but are not further identifiable without chemical analysis.
[Xanthoparmelia sp.] [Xanthoparmelia sp.]
(photo A. Gerlach); click for enlargement. (photo A. Gerlach); click for enlargement.
 
Xanthoria parietina (L.) DC. - (incl. X. aureola) On volcanic rock and epiphytic.
[Xanthoria parietina] [Xanthoria parietina]
(Sipman 62976); click for enlargement. (photo M. Vervoort) with Rusavskia resendei and Xanthoparmelia pulloides; click for enlargement.
 
Zwackhia circumducta (Nyl.) Ertz - On volcanic rock.
[Zwackhia circumducta]
(Aptroot 74678); click for enlargement.
 
Brown squamules - Photobiont green algae.
[BrownSquamules]
(Sipman 62907); click for enlargement.
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