Peltula bolanderi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lichinales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lichinomycetes Ordo: Lichinales

Familia: Peltulaceae
Genus: Peltula
Species: Peltula bolanderi

Name

Peltula bolanderi (Tuck.) Wetmore, 1970

Substrate and ecology: Usually on acidic rock but occasionally on calcareous ones in deserts.

Basionym

• Pannaria bolanderi Tuck., 1872

Synonyms

• Endocarpiscum bolanderi(Tuck.) Tuck.
• Heppia bolanderi (Tuck.) Vain., 1890
• Pannaria bolanderi Tuck., 1872
• Pannariella bolanderi (Tuck.) Gyeln., 1935

References

• Wetmore, Ann. Mo. bot. Gdn 57: 179 (1971) [1970]
• Wetmore, C.M. (1970) The lichen family Heppiaceae in North America. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 57: 158–209. (Illustration of P. bolanderi: p. 180)
• Büdel, B. (1987) Zur Biologie und Systematik der Flechtengattungen Heppia und Peltula im südlichen Afrika. Bibliotheca Lichenologica, No. 23, J. Cramer, Berlin and Stuttgart. 105 pp. (Illustrations of P. bolanderi: figs. 84-88)
• Büdel, B. and Nash III, T.H (2002) Peltula (pp. 331-340) In: Nash III, T.H., Ryan, B.D, Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 1. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 532 pages. (Description of P. bolanderi and distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 333)

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#14) 8 Oct 2008

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Peltula bolanderi

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Peltula bolanderi

Vernacular names

English: Bolander's peltula lichen