Name:		Verrucaria contorta Hoffm., Descript. et Adumbrat. Plant. Lich. 1 (1790) page 97, tab. 22, figs 1-4 [basionym]
Accepted name:		Aspicilia viridescens (A. Massal.) Hue
Synonym(s):		Lecanora contorta (Hoffm.) Steiner (1915)
Status:		Species, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Verrucaria Schrad. [Genus] Verrucariaceae Zenker [Family] Verrucariales Mattick ex D. Hawksw. & O.E. Erikss. [Order] Chaetothyriomycetidae Doweld [Subclass] Eurotiomycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Catalogue data:		Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 5: 295
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]