Hypotrachyna meridensis

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 meridensis

Name

Hypotrachyna meridensis Hale & López-Fig., 1979

Holotype: Venezuela, Mérida: Mucuy, elev. 2200 m, on rock on trail above fish hatchery. M. E. Hale 43030, (US; isotype in MERF)..

Locality: Venezuela

Substrate and ecology (Sonoran region): On acidic rocks, frequently with a layer of detritus between the specimen and the rock in montane regions.

References

• Hale & López-Fig., Bryologist 81(4): 592 (1979) [1978]

• Hale, M.E., Jr. and Lopez-Figueiras, M. (1978) New species of Everniastrum and Hypotrachyna from South America (Lichenes: Parmeliaceae). - The Bryologist 81: 590–593.   (RLL List # 103-35 / Rec.# 7362 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (JSTOR) (Description of Hypotrachyna meridensis: p. 592; black-and-white photo: p. 591, fig. 3)

• 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. meridensis: pp. 246-247; distribution map for North America: p. 246)

• LIAS

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank