Calvitimela talayana

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Lecanorales 

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

Familia: Tephromelataceae
Genus: Calvitimela
Species: Calvitimela talayana

Name edit

Calvitimela talayana (Haugan & Timdal) M.P.Andreev, 2004

Distribution: Eastern Siberia, arctic western Canada and montane southern Appalachian Mountains.   (Source: Brodo 2009)

Basionym edit

  • Tephromela talayana Haugan & Timdal, Graphis Scripta 6(1): 24 (1994)

Homotypic synonym edit

Note: edit

Originally described from European material, this taxon has recently been reported from North America (Hodkinson et al. 2009).

References edit

  • Andreev, M.P., Nov. sist. Niz. Rast. 37: 190 (2004)
  • Andreev, M.P. (2004) New taxonomic combinations for lecideoid lichens. Novitates Systematicae Plantarum non Vascularium [Academia Scientiarum Rossica] 37: 188–191.   (RLL List # 197 / Rec. # 26101 - Recent Literature on Lichens)
  • Brodo, I.M. (2009) Calvitimela talayana (Ascomycotina, Lecanorales), an interesting disjunction in North America. Opuscula Philolichenum 7: 1–6.   (RLL List # 217 / Rec. # 30589 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (PDF file) (Plate 1. View of Blackrock boulder field & World distribution of Calvitimela talayana) (Plate 2. Color photo of C. talayana)
  • Haugan, R. and Timdal, E. (1994) Tephromela perlata and T. talayana, with notes on the T. aglaea-complex. Graphis Scripta 6(1): 17–26.   (RLL List # 156 / Rec. # 7856 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Web site)

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Vernacular names edit