Dermatocarpon americanum

Dermatocarpon americanum
	Dermatocarpon americanum found at Mount Wilson, San Gabriels, so. CA
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Verrucariales
Family:	Verrucariaceae
Genus:	Dermatocarpon
Species:	D. americanum
Binomial name
	Dermatocarpon americanum; Vain.

Dermatocarpon americanum, the American stippleback lichen, is a silvery-gray, leafy (foliose) lichen with black dots that is common on near seeps in rock faces from southwestern North American deserts to coastal areas.^[1]^[2]^[3]^: 39 It has a silvery-dusty looking coating.^[1] It is common in deserts on vertical rock surfaces that are partially shade protected near seepages.^[1]^[2]

It is

globose).^[1]

lichenologists find this test to be reliable.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. Vol 2, Nash, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C., Bugartz, F., (eds.) 2001, [1]
^ ^a ^b Photo Gallery, Lichens of Joshua Tree National Park, National Park Service, [2]
^
ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2

[LFGSD-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. Vol 2, Nash, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C., Bugartz, F., (eds.) 2001, [1]

[PGLSTNP-2] Photo Gallery, Lichens of Joshua Tree National Park, National Park Service, [2]

[SSFGCL-3] 
ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2

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