Hypotrachyna physcioides

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 physcioides

Name

Hypotrachyna physcioides (Nyl.) Hale, 1975

Substrate and ecology (Sonoran region): On rocks, soil and bark in oak and pine forests.

Basionym

• Parmelia physcioidea Nyl., 1860

Synonyms

• Hypotrachyna subplumbeata (C.W.Dodge) Hale, Smithson. Contr. bot. 25: 67 (1975)

• Note: Hypotrachyna subplumbeata (C.W. Dodge) Hale 1975 is a synonym of Hypotrachyna physcioides. (Source: Nash, Sipman and Elix 2002, p.247)

• Parmelia subplumbeata auct. (neotropical records)
• Parmelia boliviana Nyl.
• Parmelia digitata Lynge

References

• Hale, Smithson. Contr. bot. 25: 54 (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. physcioides: p. 53)

• 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. physcioides and distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 247)

• LIAS

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Link to photo

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Hypotrachyna physcioides