Aspicilia contigua

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Megasporaceae
Genus: Aspicilia
Species: Aspicilia contigua

Name

Aspicilia contigua (Lynge) J.W.Thomson, 1985

Basionym: Lecanora contigua Lynge, 1940

References

• J.W. Thomson, in Thomson & Scotter, Can. Fld Nat. 99(2): 182 (1985)

• Thomson, J.W. and Scotter, G.W. (1985) Lichens of Eastern Axel Heiberg Island and the Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories. Canadian Field-Naturalist 99: 179–187.

• Thomson, J.W. (1997) Aspicilia (pp. 52-96). In, American Arctic Lichens: 2. The Microlichens. The University of Wisconsin Press, 675 pages. (Description of A. contigua: pp. 72-73; distribution map: p. 72)

• Index Fungorum

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist (July 2008)

Vernacular names

English: Rimmed lichen