Provisional Checklist of Alaskan Lichens
* = lichenicolous fungi (parasites on living lichens)
+ = saprophytic fungi related to lichens or lichenicolous fungi
Taxon name         Author Current name Synonyms       References    
Abrothallus * parmeliarum (Sommerf.) Arnold Thomson & Ahti 1994
Acarospora  badiofusca (Nyl.) Th. Fr. Thomson 1997
chlorophana (Wahlenb. ex Ach.) A. Massal. Pleopsidium chlorophanum Thomson 1997
fuscata (Schrad.) Arnold Thomson 1997 Thomson & Ahti 1994
glaucocarpa (Ach.) Körb. Thomson 1997
heppii (Nägeli ex Hepp) Nägeli ex Körb. Thomson 1997
peliscypha Th. Fr. Talbot et al. 1997
scabrida Hedl. ex. H. Magn. Thomson 1997
schleicheri (Ach.) A. Massal. Thomson 1997
smaragdula (Wahlenb.) A. Massal. Thomson 1997 Thomson & Ahti 1994
superfusa H. Magn. Thomson & Ahti 1994
veronensis A. Massal. Thomson 1997
Actinogyra muehlenburghii (Ach.) Schol. Umbilicaria muehlenburghii Thomson & Ahti 1994
Adelolecia pilati  (Hepp) Hertel & Hafellner Thomson 1997 Thomson & Ahti 1994
Agonimia gelatinosa (Ach.) Brand & Diederich Polyblastia gelatinosa Thomson 1997
Agyrophora lyngei  (Schol.) Llano Umbilicaria lyngei Thomson 1984 Thomson & Ahti 1994
rigida (Du Rietz) Llano Umbilicaria rigida Thomson 1984
scholanderi Llano Umbilicaria scholanderi Thomson 1984 Thomson & Ahti 1994
Alectoria nigricans (Ach.) Nyl. Thomson 1984 Geiser et al. 1998 Thomson & Ahti 1994
ochroleuca (Hoffm.) A. Massal. Thomson 1984 Geiser et al. 1998 Thomson & Ahti 1994
sarmentosa subsp.  sarmentosa (Ach.) Ach. Geiser et al. 1998 Thomson & Ahti 1994
sarmentosa subsp.  vexillifera (Nyl.) D. Hawksw. Geiser et al. 1998
Allantoparmelia almquistii (Vain.) Essl.  Parmelia almquistii Thomson 1984 Geiser et al. 1998 Thomson & Ahti 1994
alpicola (Th. Fr.) Essl.  Parmelia alpicola Thomson 1984 Geiser et al. 1998 Thomson & Ahti 1994
Allocetraria madreporiformis  (Ach.) Kärnefelt & Thell  Dactylina madreporiformis  Thomson 1984
Amandinea coniops (Wahlenb.) M. Choisy ex Scheid. & H. Mayrh. Buellia coniops Thomson 1997 Geiser et al. 1998 Thomson & Ahti 1994
polyspora (Willey) E. Lay & P. May  Buellia polyspora Thomson 1997
punctata (Hoffm.) Coppins & Scheid. Buellia punctata  Thomson 1997 Geiser et al. 1998 Thomson & Ahti 1994
Amygdalaria consentiens (Nyl.) Hertel, Brodo & Mas. Inoue Geiser et al. 1998
continua Hertel & Brodo  Geiser et al. 1998
elegantior (H. Magn.) Hertel & Brodo Thomson 1997 Geiser et al. 1998 Thomson & Ahti 1994
haidensis Hertel & Brodo  Geiser et al. 1998
panaeola (Ach.) Hertel & Brodo Thomson 1997 Geiser et al. 1998 Thomson & Ahti 1994
pelobotryon (Wahlenb. in Ach.) Norman Thomson 1997 Geiser et al. 1998 Thomson & Ahti 1994
subdissentiens (Nyl.) Mas. Inoue & Brodo  Geiser et al. 1998 Thomson & Ahti 1994
Anamylopsora  pulcherrima (Vain.) Timdal Timdal 1991
Anaptychia bryorum Poelt A. kaspica sensu Thomson Thomson & Ahti 1994
kaspica Gyeln. Anaptychia setifera
Thomson 1984
setifera
Räsänen] Anaptychia bryorum, A. kaspica Thomson 1984 Thomson's records of A. kaspica Gyeln. are referable to A. bryorum. Brodo et al. 2001 show A. setifera as occurring in south-west Alaska, but we have not seen any specimens, or located the source of these records.
Arctocetraria andrejevii (Oxner) Kärnefelt & Thell  Cetraria andrejevii Thomson 1984
nigricascens (Nyl. in Kihlm.) Kärnefelt & Thell  Cetraria nigricascens Thomson 1984 Thomson & Ahti 1994
Arctomia  delicatula Th. Fr. Geiser et al. 1998
Arctoparmelia  centrifuga (L.) Hale Xanthoparmelia centrifuga Thomson 1984 Thomson & Ahti 1994
incurva (Pers.) Hale Xanthoparmelia incurva Thomson 1984 Thomson & Ahti 1994
separata (Th. Fr.) Hale Xanthoparmelia separata Thomson 1984 Thomson & Ahti 1994
Arthonia * cf. epimela (Almq.) I. M. Lamb Zhurbenko & Laursen 2003
* intexta Almq. Thomson 1994
lapidicola (Taylor) Branth & Rostrup Fryday 2004a
mediella Nyl. Thomson 1997
* nephromaria (Nyl.) Nyl. ex H. Olivier Zhurbenko et al. 1995
* peltigerina (Almq.) H. Olivier Zhurbenko et al. 1995
phaeobaea (Norman) Norman Geiser et al. 1998
punctiformis Ach. Geiser et al. 1998
radiata (Pers.) Ach. Talbot et al. 2000
* triebeliae Zhurb. Zhurbenko 2002
Arthophacopsis  * parmeliarum Hafellner Zhurbenko & Laursen 2003
Arthrorhaphis  alpina (Schaer.) R. Sant. Thomson 1997 Thomson & Ahti 1994
citrinella Geiser et al. 1998 Thomson & Ahti 1994
Asahinea  chrysantha (Tuck.) W.L.& C.F. Culb. Thomson 1984 Geiser et al. 1998 Thomson & Ahti 1994
scholanderi (Llano) W.L.& C.F. Culb. Thomson 1984 Thomson & Ahti 1994
Aspicilia aliena (Zahlbr.) Oxner Thomson 1997
alphoplaca (Wahlenb. in Ach.) Poelt & Leuckert Lobothallia alphoplaca Thomson 1997
annulata  (Lynge) J.W. Thomson Thomson 1997
anseris (Lynge) J.W. Thomson Thomson 1997
aquatica Körb. Thomson 1997 Thomson & Ahti 1994
caesiocinerea (Nyl. ex Malbr.) Arnold  Thomson 1997
candida (Anzi) Hue Thomson 1997
cinerea s.l. (L.) Körb.  Thomson 1997 Thomson & Ahti 1994
cingulata (Zahlbr.) Oxner Thomson 1997
concinna (J.W. Thomson) J.W. Thomson Thomson 1997
contigua (Lynge) J.W. Thomson Thomson 1997
disserpens (Zahlbr.) Räsänen Thomson 1997
elevata (Lynge) J.W. Thomson Thomson 1997
fimbriata (H. Magn.) Clauz. & Rondon Thomson 1997
gibbosa (Ach.) Körb.  Geiser et al. 1998
heteroplaca (Zahlbr.) Oxner Thomson 1997
lesleyana Darb. Thomson 1997
karelica (H. Magn.) Oxner Thomson & Ahti 1994
melanaspis (Ach.) Poelt & Leuckert Lobothallia melanaspis Thomson 1997
myrinii (Fr. in Myrin) Stein Thomson 1997 Thomson & Ahti 1994
pergibbosa (H. Magn,) Räsänen Thomson 1997
perradiata (Nyl.) Hue Thomson 1997
plicigera (Zahlbr.) Räsänen Thomson 1997 Thomson & Ahti 1994
quartzitica W. Weber Thomson & Ahti 1994
rosulata Körb. Thomson 1997
ryrkaipiae (H. Magn.) Oxner Thomson 1997
subradians (Nyl.) Hue Thomson 1997
subertegens Arnold Thomson 1997
Bacidia alaskensis (Nyl.) Zahlbr. Herteliana alaskensis Thomson 1997
bagliettoana (A. Massal. & de Not. in A. Massal.) Jatta Thomson 1997 Thomson & Ahti 1994
beckhausii Körb. Thomson 1997 Geiser et al. 1998 Thomson & Ahti 1994
herbarum (Hepp) Arnold Thomson & Ahti 1994
microcarpa (Th. Fr.) Lettau Thomson 1997
nivalis Follmann Stereocaulon nivalis Geiser et al. 1998
rubella (Hoffm.) A. Massal. Thomson 1997
siberiensis (Willey) Zahlbr. Thomson 1997
sphaeroides (Dicks.) Zahlbr. Biatora' carneoalbida Thomson 1997
subfuscula (Nyl.) Th. Fr. Lecania subfuscula Thomson 1997
subincompta (Nyl.) Arnold Thomson 1997
Baeomyces  carneus (Retz.) Flörke Thomson 1984 Thomson & Ahti 1994
placophyllus Ach. Thomson 1984 Geiser et al. 1998 Thomson & Ahti 1994
roseus Pers. Dibaeis baeomyces Thomson 1984 Thomson & Ahti 1994
rufus (Huds.) Rebent. Thomson 1984 Geiser et al. 1998 Thomson & Ahti 1994
Bellemerea  alpina (Sommerf.) Clauz. & Roux Thomson 1997 Thomson & Ahti 1994
cinereorufescens (Ach.) Clauz. & Roux Thomson 1997 Geiser et al. 1998
subsorediza (Lynge in Dahl, Lynge & Schol.) R. Sant. Thomson 1997
Belonia  russula Körber ex Nyl. Thomson & Sowl 1989
Biatora  aegrefaciens Printzen, Tønsberg & Palice Printzen, Tønsberg & Palice 2002
alaskana Printzen & Tønsberg Printzen & Tønsberg 1999
[carneoalbida] (Müll. Arg.) Coppins  Bacidia sphaeroides Thomson 1997 ['Mycobilimbia' carneoalbida]
cuprea (Sommerf.) Fr. Lecidea cuprea Thomson 1997 Geiser et al. 1998 Thomson & Ahti 1994
efflorescens (Hedl.) Räsänen Lecidea efflorescens Geisler et al 1998 Tønsberg 1993a
flavopunctata (Tønsberg) Hinteregger & Printzen Lecanora flavopunctata Tønsberg 1993a
hypophaea Printzen & Tønsberg Printzen & Tønsberg 1999
subduplex (Nyl.) Printzen  Lecidea vernalis p. p. Thomson 1997
turgidula (Fr.) Nyl. Lecidea turgidula Thomson 1997
vacciniicola  (Tønsberg) Printzen  Lecidea vacciniicola  Tønsberg 1993a
vernalis (L.) Fr. Lecidea vernalis Geisler et al 1998 Thomson & Ahti 1994
Biatorella campestris (Fr.) Th. Fr. Sarcosagium campestre Thomson 1997
hemispaerica Anzi Thomson 1997
Biatoropsis  * usnearum Räsänen Geisler et al 1998
Botrydina  viridis (Ach.) Redh. & Kuyper Omphalina sp. Thomson & Ahti 1994
Brigantiaea  fuscolutea (Dicks.) R. Sant. Thomson 1997 Geisler et al 1998 Thomson & Ahti 1994
Brodoa  oroarctica (Krog) Goward Hypogymnia oroacrctica Thomson 1984 Geisler et al 1998 Thomson & Ahti 1994
Bryocaulon  divergens (Ach.) Kärnefelt Cornicularia divergens Thomson 1984 Geisler et al 1998 Thomson & Ahti 1994
pseudosatoanum (Asahina) Kärnefelt Geisler et al 1998
Bryonora 
castanea (Hepp) Poelt Thomson 1997 Thomson & Ahti 1994
curvescens (Mudd) Poelt Thomson 1997 Thomson & Ahti 1994
Bryoria  bicolor (Ehrh.) Brodo & D. Hawksw. Geisler et al 1998
capillaris  (Ach.) Brodo & D. Hawksw. Thomson 1984 Geisler et al 1998
carlottae Brodo & D. Hawksw. Geisler et al 1998
cervinula (Mot.) Brodo & D. Hawksw. Geisler et al 1998
chalybeiformis (L.) Brodo & D. Hawksw. Thomson 1984 Geisler et al 1998 Thomson & Ahti 1994
fremontii  (Tuck.) Brodo & D. Hawksw. Geisler et al 1994
friabilis Brodo & D. Hawksw. Geisler et al 1998 Thomson & Ahti 1994
fuscescens (Gyeln.) Brodo & D. Hawksw. Thomson 1984 Geisler et al 1998
glabra (Mot.) Brodo & D. Hawksw. Thomson 1984 Geisler et al 1998 Thomson & Ahti 1994
lanestris (Ach.) Brodo & D. Hawksw. Thomson 1984 Geisler et al 1998 Thomson & Ahti 1994
nadvornikiana (Gyeln.) Brodo & D. Hawksw. Thomson 1984 Geisler et al 1998
nitidula (Th. Fr.) Brodo & D. Hawksw. Thomson 1984 Geisler et al 1998 Thomson & Ahti 1994
pseudofuscenscens (Gyeln.) Brodo & D. Hawksw. Thomson 1984 Geisler et al 1998 Thomson & Ahti 1994
simplicior (Vain.) Brodo & D. Hawksw. Thomson 1984 Thomson & Ahti 1994
subcana (Nyl. ex Stizenb,) Brodo & D. Hawksw. Geisler et al 1998
tenuis (Dahl) Brodo & D. Hawksw. Thomson 1984 Geisler et al 1998
trichodes  subsp.   trichodes (Michx.) Brodo & D. Hawksw. Thomson 1984 Geisler et al 1998 Thomson & Ahti 1994
trichodes  subsp.  americana (Mot.) Brodo & D. Hawksw. Thomson 1984 Geisler et al 1998
Buellia  aethalea (Ach.) Th. Fr. Thomson 1997
alboatra (Hoffm.) Th. Fr. Diplotomma alboatrum Geisler et al 1998
coniops (Wahlenb. in Ach.) Th. Fr. Amandinea coniops Thomson 1997 Thomson & Ahti 1994
disciformis (Fr.) Mudd. Hafellia disciformis Thomson 1997 Thomson & Ahti 1994
elegans Poelt Thomson 1997
erubescens Arnold Thomson 1997 Geisler et al 1998
geophila (Flörke ex Sommerf.) Lynge Thomson 1997
nivalis (Bagl. & Carest.) Hertel ex Hafellner Diplotomma nivalis Thomson 1997
notabilis Lynge Thomson 1997
papillata  (Sommerf.) Tuck. Thomson 1997 Geisler et al 1998 Thomson & Ahti 1994
polyspora  (Willey in Tuck.) Vain. Amandinea polyspora Thomson 1997
pulverulenta (Anzi) Jatta Thomson 1997
punctata  (Hoffm.) A. Massal. Amandinea punctata Thomson 1997 Thomson & Ahti 1994
spuria (Schaer.) Anzi Geisler et al 1998
stigmatea Körb. Thomson 1997
vilis Th. Fr. Thomson 1997
Bunodophoron  melanocarpum A. Massal. Sphaerophorous melanocarpus Geisler et al 1998
Calicium  abietinum Pers. Thomson & Ahti 1994
adaequatum Nyl. Geisler et al 1998
lenticulare Ach. Geisler et al 1998
populneum Brond. Ex Duby Phaeocalicium populneum Weber & Viereck 1967
viride Pers Geisler et al 1998
Caloplaca  ahtii Søchting Søchting 1994
ammiospila (Ach.) H. Olivier Thomson 1997 Thomson & Ahti 1994
atrosanguniea (G. K. Merr.) I. M. Lamb Geisler et al 1998 Thomson & Ahti 1994
borealis (Vain.) Poelt Thomson & Ahti 1994
cerina (Ehrh.) Th. Fr. Thomson 1997 Thomson & Ahti 1994
cirrochroa  (Ach.) Th. Fr. Thomson 1997
citrina (Hoffm.) Th. Fr. Geisler et al 1998
crenularia  (With.) Laundon misidentifications for North America Thomson 1997
discolor  (Willey in Tuck.) Fink Thomson 1997
exsecuta  (Nyl.) Dalla Torre & Sarnth. Thomson 1997
ferruginea (Huds.) Th. Fr. Geisler et al 1998
flavogranulosa Arup Geisler et al 1998
flavovirescens  (Wulf.) Dalla Torre & Sarnth. Thomson 1997
fraudans  (Th. Fr.) H. Olivier Thomson 1997