Circinaria calcarea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Pertusariales
Family: Megasporaceae
Genus: Circinaria
Species:
C. calcarea
Binomial name
Circinaria calcarea
(L.) A.Nordin, Savić & Tibell 2010
Synonyms[1]
  • Lichen calcareus L. (1753)
  • Aspicilia calcarea (L.) Körb. (1861)

Circinaria calcarea is a species of crustose lichen in the family Megasporaceae. It was first described as a new species by Carl Linnaeus in his 1753 work Species Plantarum. Linnaeus named it Lichen calcareus, as he classified all lichens in the eponymously named genus.[2] The species has had an extensive taxonomic history, resulting in dozens of synonyms.[1] In 2010, it was placed in its current genus, Circinaria, following molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Megasporaceae.[3]

Circinaria calcarea has a cosmopolitan distribution, having been recorded from the Arctic, Asia, Australasia, Europe, Oceania, Central America, South America, and North America. It is a saxicolous lichen, and grows on calcareous, calciferous, and basic rock.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Synonymy: Circinaria calcarea (L.) A. Nordin, Savić & Tibell, Mycologia 102(6): 1341 (2010)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Linnaeus, Carl (1753). Species Plantarum (in Latin). Vol. 2. Stockholm: Impensis Laurentii Salvii. p. 1169. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.37656.
  3. ↑ Nordin, Anders; Savić, Sanja; Tibell, Leif (2010). "Phylogeny and taxonomy of Aspicilia and Megasporaceae". Mycologia. 102 (6): 1339–1349. doi:10.3852/09-266. JSTOR 27920439.
  4. ↑ "Circinaria calcarea (L.) A. Nordin, Savić & Tibell". Consortium of North American Lichen Herbaria. Retrieved 12 November 2021.


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