Name:		Verrucaria nigrescens Pers., Usteri’s N. Ann. Bot. 14 (1795) page 36 [basionym]
Synonym(s):		Verrucaria controversa A. Massal. (1852)
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]
Constituent taxa:		Subspecific taxa Verrucaria nigrescens forma acrotella (A. Massal.) Beltr. Verrucaria nigrescens forma corticola (Arnold) Zahlbr. Verrucaria nigrescens forma maurioides (A. Massal.) Müll. Arg. Verrucaria nigrescens forma nigrescens Verrucaria nigrescens forma umbrina (A. Massal.) Müll. Arg. Verrucaria nigrescens forma virescens Anzi Verrucaria nigrescens var. funckii (A. Massal.) Zwackh Verrucaria nigrescens var. nigrescens Verrucaria nigrescens var. parisiensis de Lesd.
Catalogue data:		Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 1: 70, Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 8: 24
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (78 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]