Checklist of lichens of Egypt
supervised by M. Seaward, University of Bradford, Bradford, Great Britain

Version 31 December 2018

 

  1. Acarospora areolata Reichert & Galun - Galun & Garty (1972: 246), Temina et al. (2005a: 437), Temina et al. (2005b: 44), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 540)
  2. Acarospora atrata Hue - Nylander (1864: 67 falso as Lecanora fuscata fide Galun & Garty), Galun & Garty (1972: 243), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 541)
  3. Acarospora bornmuelleri Stein - Galun & Garty (1972: 246), Temina et al. (2005: 439), Temina et al. (2005b: 45), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 540)
  4. Acarospora cervina A. Massal. - Müller Aargau (1880b: 43 as Placodium cervinum), Sickenberger (1901: 327 as Lecanora cervina), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 541)
  5. Acarospora nodulosa var. reagens (Zahlbr.) Clauzade & Cl. Roux - Nylander (1864: 67 as Lecanora schleicheri f. radicans), Müller Aargau (1880b: 43 as Placodium schleicheri f. radicans), Sickenberger (1901: 327 as Lecanora dealbata var. radicans), Magnusson (1929: 272 as Acarospora reagens f. radicans), Galun (1970: 47), Galun & Garty (2001: 100 as Acarospora reagens f. radicans), Temina et al. (2005a: 444), Temina et al. (2005b: 51), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 541)
  6. Acarospora placenta (Ehrenb.) Hue - Nylander (1864: 68 as Lecanora placenta), Magnusson (1929: 359), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 541)
  7. Acarospora rufescens Bausch - Nylander (1876: 284 as Lecanora rufescens), Müller Aargau (1880b: 43 as Placodium rufescens), Sickenberger (1901: 327 as Lecanora rufescens), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 541)
  8. Acarospora strigata (Nyl.) Jatta - Nylander (1864: 67 as Lecanora interrupta), Müller Aargau (1880b: 43 as Placodium interruptum), Sickenberger (1901: 327 as Lecanora interrupta), Magnusson (1929: 208), Galun & Garty (1972: 243 as Acarospora interrupta), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 541)

  9. Anapyrenium egyptiacum Müll. Arg. - Müller Aargau (1880c: 81 Protologue), Sickenberger (1901: 330 as Endocarpon aegyptiacum), Galun & Garty (1972: 251), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 541) Type

  10. Arthonia adhaerens Müll. Arg. - Müller Aargau (1880c: 80 Protologue), Sickenberger (1901: 329), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 541) Type in Geneva, Switzerland G
  11. Arthonia albopulverea Nyl. - Müller Aargau (1884: 18 as Arthothelium xylographoides), Sickenberger (1901: 330 as Arthonia xylographoides), Galun & Garty (1972: 243 as Arthothelium xylographoides), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 541)
  12. Arthonia alexandrina Nyl. - Nylander (1876: 285 Protologue), Müller Aargau (1880c: 80), Sickenberger (1901: 329), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 541) Type
  13. Arthonia confinis Stizenb. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 541)
  14. Arthonia dispersula Nyl. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 541)
  15. Arthonia palmicola Ach. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 541)
  16. Arthonia punctiformis Ach. var. subeminula Nyl. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 541)
  17. Arthonia varians (Davies) Nyl. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 541)

  18. Aspicilia muelleri (J. Steiner) Hue - Steiner (1893: 170 Protologue), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 542) as Type
  19. Aspicilia rhizophora (Delise) Hue - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 542)
  20. Aspicilia subcoerulea (Delise) Hue - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 542)
  21. Aspicilia subcalcarea (Müll. Arg.) Hue - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 542)

  22. Athallia holocarpa (Hoffm.) Arup, Frödén & Søchting - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 544 as Caloplaca holocarpa)

  23. Blennothallia crispa (Huds.) Otálora, P.M. Jørg. & Wedin - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 544 as Collema crispum)

  24. Buellia dispersa A. Massal. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 542)
  25. Buellia sorediosa Reichert & Galun - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 542)
  26. Buellia subalbula (Nyl.) Müll. Arg. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 542)
  27. Buellia subalbula (Nyl.) Müll. Arg. var. fuscocapitellata M. Lamb - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 542)
  28. Buellia zoharyi Galun - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 542)

  29. Calogaya arnoldii (Wedd.) Arup, Frödén & Søchting - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 543 as Caloplaca arnoldii)
  30. Calogaya saxicola (Hoffm.) Vondrák - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 544 as Caloplaca saxicola)

  31. Caloplaca agardhiana (Flot.) Flagey - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 542)
  32. Caloplaca circumalbata (Delile) Wunder - Delile (1813: 157 Protologue), Wunder (1974: 53), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 543) Type in Geneva, Switzerland G
  33. Caloplaca circumalbata (Delile) Wunder var. bicolor (Müll. Arg.) Wunder - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 543)
  34. Caloplaca gilvella (Nyl.) Zahlbr. - Nylander (1876: 282 as Lecanora gilvella Protologue), Zahlbruckner (1930 [1931]: 140), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 543) Type
  35. Caloplaca lactea (A. Massal.) Zahlbr. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 544)
  36. Caloplaca lecideina (Müll. Arg.) Clauzade & Rondon - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 544)
  37. Caloplaca minima (Spreng.) Zahlbr. - Sprengel (1827: 267 as Patellaria minima Protologue), Zahlbruckner (1930: 158), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 544) Type
  38. Caloplaca minuscula (Müll. Arg.) Zahlbr. - Müller Aargau (1884: 17 Protologue), Zahlbruckner (1930 [1931]: 158), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 544) Type
  39. Caloplaca obscurata M. Choisy - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 544)
  40. Caloplaca subcerina (Nyl.) Zahlbr. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 544)
  41. Caloplaca teicholyta (Ach.) J. Steiner - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 544)

  42. Candelariella aurella (Hoffm.) Zahlbr. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 544)
  43. Candelariella minuta Reichert & Galun - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 544)

  44. Catillaria reichertiana Galun - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 544)
  45. Catillaria sodalis (Stizenb.) Zahlbr. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 544)

  46. Circinaria calcarea (L.) A. Nordin, S. Savić & Tibell - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 541 as Aspicilia calcarea)
  47. Circinaria hoffmanniana (Ekman & Froberg) ined. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 541 as Aspicilia contorta subsp. hoffmanniana)

  48. Cladonia foliacea (Huds.) Willd. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 544 as Cladonia convoluta), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 544)

  49. Clavascidium lacinulatum (Ach.) M. Prieto - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 549 as Placidium lacinulatum)

  50. Cyrtidula minor J. Steiner - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 545)

  51. Enchylium coccophorum (Tuck.) Otálora, P. M. Jørg. & Wedin - Degelius (1954: 189 as Collema coccophorum), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 544 as Collema coccophorum)
  52. Enchylium tenax (Sw.) Gray - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 545 as Collema tenax var. tenax), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 545 as Collema tenax var. vulgare)

  53. Diploicia canescens (Dicks.) A. Massal. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 545)

  54. Diploschistes actinostomus (Ach.) Zahlbr. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 545)
  55. Diploschistes candidissimus (Kremp.) Zahlbr. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 545)
  56. Diploschistes diacapsis (Ach.) Lumbsch - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 545)
  57. Diploschistes gypsaceus (Ach.) Zahlbr. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 545)

  58. Diplotomma alboatrum (Hoffm.) Flot. - Nordin (2000: 51 sub Buellia alboatra), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 545)
  59. Diplotomma pharcidium (Ach.) M. Choisy - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 545)
  60. Diplotomma murorum (A. Massal.) Coppins - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 545)
  61. Diplotomma venustum (Körb.) Körb. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 545)

  62. Dirina cretacea (Zahlbr.) Tehler - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 545)
  63. Dirina immersa Müll. Arg. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 546)
  64. Dirina massiliensis Durieu & Mont. f. sorediata (Müll. Arg.) Tehler - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 546)

  65. Flavoplaca citrina (Hoffm.) Arup, Frödén & Søchting - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 543 as Caloplaca citrina)

  66. Guignardia cahirensis (J. Steiner) Sacc. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 546 as Laestadia cahirensis)
  67. Guignardia egyptiaca (Müll. Arg.) Reichert - Müller Aargau (1880: 82 Type in Geneva, Switzerland), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 545 as Dermatocarpon aegyptiacum)

  68. Gyalolechia desertorum (Tomin) Søchting, Frödén & Arup - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 546 as Fulgensia desertorum)
  69. Gyalolechia ehrenbergii (Müll. Arg.) Søchting, Frödén & Arup - Müller Aargau (1880: 41 as Amphiloma ehrenbergii Protologue), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 543 as Caloplaca ehrenbergii), Arup et al. (2013: 70) Type in Berlin, Germany B destroyed, Isotype in Geneva, Switzerland G
  70. Gyalolechia flavovirescens (Wulfen) Søchting, Frödén & Arup - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 543 as Caloplaca flavovirescens)
  71. Gyalolechia fulgens (Sw.) Søchting, Frödén & Arup - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 546 as Fulgensia fulgens)
  72. Gyalolechia subbracteata (Nyl.) Søchting, Frödén & Arup - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 546 as Fulgensia subbracteata)

  73. Lathagrium fuscovirens (With.) Otálora, P.M. Jørg. & Wedin - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 544 as Collema fuscovirens)

  74. Lecania athroodes (Nyl.) Müll. Arg. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 546)
  75. Lecania brachyspora Müll. Arg. - Müller Aargau (1880: 77 Protologue), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 546) Type in Geneva, Switzerland G
  76. Lecania erysibe (Ach.) Mudd var. erysibe - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 546)
  77. Lecania erysibe (Ach.) Mudd var. incusa (Körb.) Müll. Arg. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 546)
  78. Lecania erysibe (Ach.) Mudd var. pinguiscula (Delile) Müll. Arg. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 546)
  79. Lecania spadicea (Flot.) Zahlbr. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 546)
  80. Lecania subcaesia (Nyl.) B. de Lesd. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 546)
  81. Lecania turicensis (Hepp) Müll. Arg. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 546)

  82. Lecanora albula (Nyl.) Hue - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 546)
  83. Lecanora detrita (Hoffm.) Ach. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 547)
  84. Lecanora ferruginella Nyl. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 547)
  85. Lecanora umbrina (Ach.) A. Massal. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 548)
  86. Lecanora vetusta Delile - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 549)

  87. Leproplaca cirrochroa (Ach.) Arup, Frödén & Søchting - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 543 as Caloplaca cirrochroa)

  88. Lichinella sinaica (Galun & Marton) P. P. Moreno & Egea - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 549)

  89. Lobothallia cheresina (Müll. Arg.) A. Nordin, Cl. Roux & Sohrabi - Müller Aargau (1880: 75 as Lecanora cheresina Protologue), Nordin (xx: xx), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 541 as Aspicilia cheresina) Type
  90. Lobothallia farinosa (Flörke) A. Nordin, S. Savic & Tibell - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 541 as Aspicilia farinosa)
  91. Lobothallia radiosa (Hoffm.) Hafellner - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 549)

  92. Massjukiella polycarpa (Hoffm.) S. Y. Kondr., Fedorenko, S. Stenroos, Kärnefelt, Elix, J. S. Hur & A. Thell - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 552 as Xanthoria polycarpa)

  93. Melaspilea hypoleuca (Müll. Arg.) Müll. Arg. - Müller Aargau (1884: 18 as Melanographa hypoleuca Protologue), Sickenberger (1901: 330), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 549) Type

  94. Microthelia pharaonis Müll. Arg. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 549)

  95. Myriolecis agardhiana (Ach.) Sliwa, Zhao Xin & Lumbsch - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 546 as Lecanora agardhiana)
  96. Myriolecis albescens (Hoffm.) Sliwa, Zhao Xin & Lumbsch - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 546 as Lecanora albescens)
  97. Myriolecis crenulata (Ach.) Sliwa, Zhao Xin & Lumbsch - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 547 as Lecanora crenulata)
  98. Myriolecis dispersa (Pers.) Sliwa, Zhao Xin & Lumbsch - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 547 as Lecanora dispersa)

  99. Omphalaria quinquetubera (Delise) Müll. Arg. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 549)

  100. Opegrapha egyptiaca Müll. Arg. - Müller Aargau (1880: 80 Protologue), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 549) Type
  101. Opegrapha celtidicola (Jatta) Jatta - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 549)
  102. Opegrapha gyrocarpoides Müll. Arg. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 549)

  103. Peccania arabica (Müll. Arg.) Henssen - Müller Aargau (1891: 371 as Omphalaria arabica Protologue), Henssen & Jørgensen (1990: 142 comb. nov.), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 549) Type in Geneva, Switzerland G
  104. Peccania sinaiensis (Vain.) Henssen ined. - Vainio (1926: xx as Psorotichia sinaiensis Protologue), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 550 as Psorotichia sinaiensis), HBG (Isolectotype) Type

  105. Physcia clementei (Turner) Lynge - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 549)

  106. Catapyrenium rufescens (Ach.) Breuss - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 549 as Placidium rufescens)
  107. Catapyrenium squamulosum (Ach.) Breuss - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 549 as Placidium squamulosum)

  108. Polysporina simplex (Taylor) Vezda - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 550)

  109. Porina aschersoni Müll. Arg. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 550)
  110. Porina taposirica (Stizenb.) Zahlbr. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 550)

  111. Psora decipiens (Hedw.) Hoffm. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 550)
  112. Psora vallesiaca (Schaer.) Timdal - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 550)

  113. Psorotichia schaereri (A. Massal.) Arnold var. schaereri - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 550)
  114. Psorotichia schaereri (A. Massal.) Arnold var. arenaria (Arnold) Forssell - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 550)

  115. Psorotichiella davidis Werner - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 550)

  116. Pyrenodesmia alociza (A. Massal.) Arnold - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 543 as Caloplaca alociza)

  117. Ramalina crispatula Despr. ex Nyl. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 550)
  118. Ramalina lacera (With.) J. R. Laundon - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 550)
  119. Ramalina maciformis (Delise) Bory - Delile (1813: 144 as Parmelia maciformis Protologue), Krog & Østhagen (1980: 280) Type in HBG
  120. Ramalina pollinaria (Westr.) Ach. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 550)

  121. Rinodina dubyana (Hepp) J. Steiner - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 550)
  122. Rinodina exigua (Ach.) Gray - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 550)

  123. Roccella phycopsis Ach. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 550)

  124. Rufoplaca arenaria (Pers.) Arup, Søchting & Frödén - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 543 as Caloplaca arenaria), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 543 as Caloplaca erythrocarpa)

  125. Sarcogyne calcifraga (Müll. Arg.) H. Magn. - Müller Aargau (1880: 79 as Lecidea simplex var. calcifraga Protologue), Mangussen (1938: xx), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 550) Type in G
  126. Sarcogyne regularis Körb. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 550)

  127. Seirophora lacunosa (Rupr.) Frödén - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 551)
  128. Seirophora villosa (Ach.) Frödén - Nylander (1864: 61 as Physcia villosa f. brevior Protologue), Hillmann (1930: 320 as Teloschistes brevior), Frödén & Lassen (2004: 297), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 551)

  129. Squamarina cartilaginea (With.) P. James var. cartilaginea - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 551)
  130. Squamarina lentigera (Weber) Poelt - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 551)

  131. Synalissa arabica Müll. Arg. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 551)

  132. Tephromela atra (Huds.) Hafellner - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 551)

  133. Thelidium pauperculum Müll. Arg. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 551)

  134. Thelopsis isiaca Stizenb. - Stizenberger (1895: 362 Protologue), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 551) Type

  135. Thyrea confusa Henssen - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 551)

  136. Toninia albilabra (Dufour) H. Olivier - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 551)
  137. Toninia aromatica (Turner) A. Massal. - Timdal (1991: 39), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 551)
  138. Toninia sedifolia (Scop.) Timdal - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 552)

  139. Tornabea scutellifera (With.) J. R. Laundon - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 552)

  140. Variospora aurantia (Pers.) Arup, Frödén & Søchting - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 543 as Caloplaca aurantia)
  141. Variospora erythrina (Müll. Arg.) Arup, Frödén & Søchting var. erythrina - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 543 as Caloplaca erythrina)
  142. Variospora erythrina (Müll. Arg.) Zahlbr. var. pulvinata (Müll. Arg.) ined. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 543 as Caloplaca erythrina var. pulvinata)
  143. Variospora flavescens (Huds.) Arup, Frödén & Søchting - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 543 as Caloplaca flavescens)

  144. Verrucaria attica J. Steiner - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 552)
  145. Verrucaria hochstetteri Fr. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 552)
  146. Verrucaria pinguicula A. Massal. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 552)

  147. Verrucula egyptiaca (Müll. Arg.) J. Steiner - Müller Aargau (1880: 82 as Verrucaria "aegyptiaca" Protologue), Steiner (1896: 444), Savic (2007: 24) Type in Geneva, Switzerland G

  148. Xanthoria calcicola Oxner - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 552)
  149. Xanthoria ectaneoides (Nyl.) Zahlbr. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 552)
  150. Xanthoria mediterranea Giralt, Nimis & Poelt - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 552)
  151. Xanthoria microspora B. de Lesd. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 552)
  152. Xanthoria parietina (L.) Th. Fr. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 552)
  153. Xanthoria parietina (L.) Th. Fr. var. subgranulosa (Nyl.) Zahlbr. - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 552)
  154. Xanthoria steineri I. M. Lamb - Galun & Garty (1972: 249), Temina et al. (2005 b: 317), Seaward & Sipman (2006: 552)
  155. Xanthoria stiligera Giralt, Nimis & Poelt - Seaward & Sipman (2006: 552)