Buellia lepidastra

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 lepidastra

Name

Buellia lepidastra (Tuck.) Tuck., 1888

Basionym: Lecidea lepidastra Tuck., Amer. J. Sci. Arts, Ser. 2 25: 429 (1858)

References

• Tuck., Syn. N. Americ. Lich. 2: 90 (1888)

• Tuckerman, E. (1888) A synopsis of the North American lichens. Part. II. Comprising the Lecideacei, and (in part) the Graphidacei. New Bedford, Mass. 176 pp.   (Mattick Rec.# 30362- Literature on Lichens)

• Bungartz, F. and Nash III, T.H. (2004) The Buellia aethalea-group in the Greater Sonoran Desert Region with reference to similar species in North America. The Bryologist 107(4): 441–458.   (RLL List # 198 / Rec. # 26661 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (JSTOR) (PDF file) (Discussion of Buellia lepidastra: p. 454)

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist (June 2008)

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Vernacular names

English: Disc lichen