Aspicilia americana

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Pertusariales 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Lecanoromycetes
Subclassis: Ostropomycetidae
Ordo: Pertusariales

Familia: Megasporaceae
Genus: Aspicilia
Species: Aspicilia americana

Name edit

Aspicilia americana de Lesd., 1932


Type: U.S.A., New Mexico: Las Vegas: Kearny's Gap.

Synonyms edit

  • Lecanora conizaea var. americana de Lesd., 1914
  • Lecanora americana (de Lesd.) Zahlbr., Cat. Lich. Univers. 10: 469 (1940) [1939]

References edit

  • de Lesd., Annal. Cryptog. Exot. 5(2): 117 (1932)
  • Bouly de Lesdain, M. (1932) Lichens de l'etat de New-Mexico (USA) recueillis par le frère G. Arsène Brouard. Annales de Cryptogamie Exotique\Ann. Crypt. Exot. 5: 89–139.   (Mattick Rec.# 25784 - Literature on Lichens)
  • Owe-Larsson, B.; Nordin, A. and Tibell, L. (2007) Aspicilia (pp. 61-108) In: Nash III, T.H., Gries, C., and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 3. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 567 pages.   (RLL List # 210 / Rec. # 30254 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (A. americana, description and Sonoran Desert Region distribution map: pp. 65-66; color photograph in photo section of Vol. III)
  • Printzen, C. (2001) Corticolous and lignicolous species of Lecanora (Lecanoraceae, Lecanorales) with usnic or isousnic acid in the Sonoran Desert Region. The Bryologist 104(3): 382–409.   (RLL List # 184 / Rec. # 22405 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (JSTOR) (Lecanora americana: pages 391-392).
  • Ryan, B.D; Lumbsch, H.T.; Messuti, M.I.; Printzen, C.; Śliwa, L. and Nash III, T.H. (2004) Lecanora (pages 176-286). In, Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. Volume 2. Nash, TH, III; Ryan, B.D.; Diederich, P.; Gries, C.; Bungartz, F. (editors). Lichens Unlimited, 742 pages.   (RLL List # 196 / Rec. # 25917 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Lecanora americana: page 193).

Vernacular names edit

English: American aspicilia