Biatora vernalis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Biatoraceae
Genus: Biatora
Species: Biatora vernalis

Name

Biatora vernalis (L.) Fr., 1822:271

Basionym: Lichen vernalis L., 1768.

Synonyms

• Biatora helvola subsp. minor (Nyl.) Räsänen, 1939
• Biatorina vernalis (L.) Kernst., 1892
• Bilimbia vernalis (L.) Trevis., 1856
• Lecidea luteola var. vernalis (L.) Overeem, 1922
• Lecidea subvernalis Stirt., 1874
• Lecidea vernalis (L.) Ach., 1803
• Lecidea vernalis f. minor Nyl., 1866
• Lecidea vernalis subsp. minor (Nyl.) Nyl. ex Norrl., 1873
• Lichen vernalis L., 1753
  
• Patellaria vernalis (L.) Spreng., 1827
• Pyrrhospora vernalis (L.) M.Choisy, 1950
• Secoliga vernalis (L.) Norman, 1853
• Verrucaria vernalis (L.) Baumg., 1790

References

• Fries, E.M. 1821. Beskrifning på nya Lafslägten. Första Stycket. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar, Ser. 3, 9(2): 320–334. BHL Reference page. 
• Fries, E.M. 1822. Beskrifning på nya Lafslägten. Andra Stycket. Kongliga Vetenskaps-Academiens Handlingar, Ser. 3, 10(2): 251–276. BHL Reference page. 
• Davydov, E.A. and Printzen, C. (2012) Rare and noteworthy boreal lichens from the Altai Mountains (South Siberia, Russia) The Bryologist 115 (1): 61–73. (DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745.115.1.61)
• Printzen, C. and Tønsberg, T. (1999) The lichen genus Biatora in northwestern North America. The Bryologist 102 (4): 692–713.   (RLL List # 178 / Rec. # 14997 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (JSTOR)
• Brodo, I.M., S.D. Sharnoff, and S. Sharnoff. 2001 Biatora (page 176) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. (Discussion and map of Biatora vernalis: p. 176; photo: p. 176, plate 130)
• Purvis, O.W, B.J. Coppins, D.L. Hawksworth, P.W. James and D.M. Moore (eds.) 1992. Biatora, pp. 118-121. In The lichen flora of Great Britain and Ireland. The British Lichen Society, London, 710 pp. (Biatora vernalis: p. 121)
• Thomson, J.W. (1997) American Arctic Lichens: 2. The Microlichens. The University of Wisconsin Press, 675 pages.   (RLL List # 170 / Rec. # 18517 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (as Lecidea vernalis, description and photo p. 390)
• Thomson, J.W. (2003) Biatora (pages 44-45). In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages.   (RLL List # 190 / Rec. # 24161 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Biatora vernalis: p. 45)
• LIAS
• USDA Plants Database
• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#17) 16 May 2011
• List of British Lichens & Lichenicolous Fungi
• Index Fungorum
• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos - Biatora vernalis
• The Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway (Photo Gallery) - Biatora vernalis
• Lichen Gallery of Lief & Anita Stridvall - Biatora vernalis (9)

Vernacular names

English: Spring biatora lichen