Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caliciales 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Lecanoromycetes
Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae
Ordo: Caliciales

Familia: Caliciaceae
Genus: Pyxine
Species: Pyxine cocoës

Name

Pyxine cocoës (Sw.] Nyl., 1857

Substrate and ecology: (Sonoran region:) On bark and wood near sea sides, rarely on acidic rock or in montane areas

World distribution: Pantropical with scattered collections from the subtropics and insular Laurimacaronesia; Sonoran region; bioindicator/biomonitor for aerial pollution in [Philippines, India, and Thailand]

  • Basionym
    • Lichen cocoës Sw., 1788

Synonyms

  • Circinaria cocoës Fée, 1824
  • Coccocarpia pellita var. cocoës (Fée) Zahlbr., Cat. Lich. Univers. 3: 286 (1925)
  • Lichen cocoës Sw., 1788

References

  • Nyl. [as cocois], Mém. Soc. Imp. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 5: 108 (1857)
  • Nylander, W. 1858 ('1857'). Énumération générale des Lichens, avec l'indication sommaire de leur distribution géographique. Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 5: 85–146. (Mattick Rec.# 28989 – Literature on Lichens) (Web site)
  • Aptroot, A. & Iqbal, S.H. 2011. Some lichens of Bangladesh. The Bryologist 114(3): 466–468. (RLL List # 225 / Rec. # 33313 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (JSTOR) (Pyxine cocoës recorded for Bangladesh)
  • Awasthi, D.D. 1980. Pyxine in India. Phytomorphology 30: 359–379. (RLL List # 119-7 / Rec. # 1300 – Recent Literature on Lichens) (Illustration of Pyxine cocoës: p. 368)
  • Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. & Sharnoff, S. 2001. Pyxine (p. 616–619) In Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. (Description of Pyxine cocoës: pp. 616–617; distribution map for North America: p. 616; full page color photo: p. 618, plate 749)
  • Kalb, K. 1987. Brasilianische Flechten. 1. Die Gattung Pyxine. Bibliotheca Lichenologica No. 24. J. Cramer, Berlin – Stuttgart. 89 pp. (RLL List # 131 / Rec. # 9676 – Recent Literature on Lichens) (Illustration of Pyxine cocoës: p. 19)
  • Kalb, K. 2002. Pyxine (pp. 437–441) In: Nash III, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C. & Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 1. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 532 pages.   (RLL List # 187 / Rec. # 23122 – Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Pyxine cocoës: pp. 438–439; distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 439)
  • Savillo, I. 2010. Pyxine cocoes Nyl. – A Foliose Lichen as a Potential Bioindicator/Biomonitor of Air Pollution in Philippines: An Update. (EnviroNews Vol. 16. No.1) (First recommended by Savillo (2003) as a suitable bioindicator/biomonitor for atmospheric pollution – (Pyxine cocoes: a chronology of scientific events as a bioindicator/biomonitor)
  • Shukla,V.,Upreti, D.K. & Bajpai, R. 2014. (Lichens to Biomonitor the Environment. ("In India till date biomonitoring studies which have been conducted have employed Pyxine cocoes (Swartz) Nyl. in active biomonitoring studies.”)
  • USDA Plants Database
  • North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#15) 27 Aug 2009
  • Index Fungorum
  • MycoBank

Vernacular names

English: Buttoned Rosette Lichen, Pyxine Lichen
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