Hypotrachyna costaricensis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Parmeliaceae
Subfamilia: Parmelioideae
Genus: Hypotrachyna
Species: Hypotrachyna costaricensis

Name

Hypotrachyna costaricensis (Nyl.) Hale, 1975

Substrate and ecology (Sonoran region): Usually on hardwood or pine bark and rarely on rock in montane to subalpine forests.

Basionym

• Parmelia costaricensis Nyl., 1877 [in Polakowsky, 225 (1877)]

Synonyms

• Parmelia hypotrachyna Nyl.
• Parmelia tropica Vain.
• Parmelia deformis (Vain.) Vain.

References

• Hale, Smithson. Contr. bot. 25: 29 (1975)

• Hale, M.E., Jr. (1975) A revision of the lichen genus Hypotrachyna (Parmeliaceae) in tropical America. - Smithsonian Contrib. Bot. 25: 1–73.   (RLL List # 93-43 / Rec.# 7472 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Web site) (Illustration of H. costaricensis: p. 27)

• Nash III, T.H.; Sipman, H.G.M. and Elix, J.A. (2002) Hypotrachyna (pp. 238-251) 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.   (RLL List # 187 / Rec.# 23067 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of H. costaricensis: p. 242)

• USDA Plants Database

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

• LIAS

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Link to photo

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Hypotrachyna costaricensis