Name:		Staurothele fissa Zwackh, Flora 14 (1862) page 552
Basionym:		Verrucaria fissa Taylor
Synonym(s):		Verrucaria lithina Ach. (1803) Pyrenula lithina (Ach.) Ach. (1814) Endocarpon lithinum (Ach.) Leight. (1851) Dermatocarpon lithinum (Ach.) Arnold (1881) Staurothele lithina (Ach.) Zahlbr. (1922) Verrucaria umbrina Wahlenb. (1812) Sphaeromphale umbrina (Wahlenb.) Mudd (1861) Polyblastia umbrina (Wahlenb.) Rostr. (1871) Staurothele umbrina (Wahlenb.) Hellb. (1884) Endocarpon fissum (Taylor) Leight. (1851) Thelotrema fissum (Taylor) Hepp (1853) Sphaeromphale fissa (Taylor) Körb. (1855) Sphaeromphale lithina var. fissa (Taylor) Trevis. (1860) Stigmatomma fissum (Taylor) Bagl. & Carestia (1865) Polyblastia fissa (Taylor) Jatta (1900)
Status:		Species, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Staurothele Norman [Genus] 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 1: 174, Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 8: 57
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (16 records)
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]