Alectoria (Parmeliaceae)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lecanorales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lecanoromycetes Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae Ordo: Lecanorales

Familia: Parmeliaceae
Subfamilia: Parmelioideae
Genus: Alectoria
Species: A. fallacina – A. imshaugii – A. lata – A. mexicana – A. ochroleuca – A. sarmentosa – A. vancouverensis – A. virens

Name

Alectoria Ach. in Luyk., Tent. Hist. Lich.: 95 (1809).

Type species: Alectoria sarmentosa (Ach.) Ach., Lichenogr. Univers.: 595 (1810). [MycoBank #123275]

References

Primary references

Acharius, E. 1810. Lichenographia Universalis. In qua Lichenes omnes detectos, adiectis observationibus et figuris horum vegetabilium naturam et organorum carpomorphorum structuram illustrantibus, ad genera, species, varietates differentiis et observationibus sollicite definitas.: 1–696, pl. 1–14. BHL Reference page.
Luyken, J.A. 1809. Tentamen historiae lichenum in genere, cui accendunt primae lineae distributionis novae.: 1–102. Henrik Dieterich, Gottingen. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Brodo, I.M. & Hawksworth, D.L. 1977. Alectoria and allied genera in North America. Opera Botanica 42: 1–164. BHL Reference page.
Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Alectoria (pp. 150-155) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages.
Dobson, F.S. (2000) (Fourth edition) Alectoria (pp. 50-53) In, Lichens: An illustrated guide to the British and Irish species. The Richmond Publishing Co., Ltd., Slough, England, 431 pp.
Goward, T. 1999. The lichens of British Columbia - Illustrated Keys - Part 2 - Fruticose Species. Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Forests Research Program, 319 pp. (RLL List # 176 / Rec.# 6980 - Recent Literature on Lichens) Online Reference page. : Alectoria Ach. (pp. 47-50)
Hawksworth, D.L. (1969) Chemical and Nomenclatural Notes on Alectoria (Lichenes) I . Taxon, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 393-399. [1]
Hinds, J.W. and Hinds, P.L. (2007) Alectoria Ach. (1809) (pp. 117-120) In, The Macrolichens of New England. The New York Botanical Garden Press, 584 pp. [2]
McCune, B. and Geiser, L. (1997) Alectoria (pp. 20-24) Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, 386 pp.
Purvis, O.W. (1992) Alectoria Ach. (1810) (pp. 67-69) In: Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. and Moore, D.M. (eds.) The Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Natural History Museum Publication, 710 pp.
Ryan, B.D. (2002) Alectoria (pp. 92-95) In: Nash III, T.H., Ryan, B.D, Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 1. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 532 pages.
Thomson, J.W. (1984) Alectoria Ach. (pp. 33-38). In, American Arctic Lichens: 1. The Macrolichens. Columbia University Press, New York, 504 pages.
Kantvilas, G. [From Flora of Australia vol. 54 (1992)] Discussion of Alectoria

Links

Index Fungorum: IF 116
MycoBank: MB 116
North American Lichen Checklist

Vernacular names

English: Witch's hair lichen
日本語: ホネキノリ属