Buellia epigaea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Caliciaceae
Genus: Buellia
Species: Buellia epigaea

Name

Buellia epigaea (Hoffm.) Tuck., 1872

Basionym: Psora epigaea Hoffm., Deutschl. Fl., Zweiter Theil (Erlangen): 163 (1796)

Synonyms

• Catolechia epigaea (Hoffm.) anon.
• Diploicia epigaea (Hoffm.) A.Massal.
• Lecidea epigaea (Hoffm.) anon.
• Lichen epigaeus Ach., 1798
• Parmelia epigaea (Hoffm.) anon.
• Psora epigaea Hoffm., 1796

References

• Tuck., Geneacaena Lich.: 185 (1872)

• Tuckerman, E. (1872) Genera Lichenum: an arrangement of the North American lichens. Amherst. XV, 283 pp.   (Mattick Rec.# 30346 - Literature on Lichens)

• Wirth, V. (1995) Buellia (pp. 1190-200) - Teil 1) In, Die Flechten Baden-Württembergs, Teil 1 & 2. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart. 1006 pp.; in German.   (RLL List # 159 / Rec. # 20405 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Buellia epigea: p. 196)

• LIAS

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist (June 2008)

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• The Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, Univ. of Olso, Norway - Buellia epigaea

Vernacular names

English: Disc lichen