Hypotrachyna laevigata

Hypotrachyna laevigata

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 laevigata

Name

Hypotrachyna laevigata (Sm.) Hale, Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 25: 44 (1975). [MycoBank #342285]

Substrate and ecology (Sonoran region): On hardwood bark and occasionally conifers in lower to upper montane forests.

Basionym

• Lichen laevigatus Sm. in Sm. & Sowerby, Engl. Bot. 26: tab. 1852 (1808). [MycoBank #394192]

Homotypic synonyms

• Parmelia laevigata (Sm.) Ach., Syn. Meth. Lich.: 212 (1814). [MycoBank #397770]

• Parmelia sinuosa var. laevigata (Sm.) Schaer., Enum. Crit. Lich. Europ.: 43 (1850). [MycoBank #618501]

• Imbricaria laevigata (Sm.) Arnold, Flora [Regensburg] 53(14): 212 (1870). [MycoBank #387041]

• Parmotrema laevigatum (Sm.) M.Choisy, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon 21(7): 176 (1952). [MycoBank #368894]

• Parmotrema laevigata (Sm.) M.Choisy (1952). [MycoBank #273947] (orthographical variant)

References

• Acharius, E. 1814. Synopsis methodica lichenum, sistens omnes hujus ordinis naturalis detectas plantas, quas, secundum genera, species et varietates disposuit, characteribus et differentiis emendatis definivit, nec non synonymis et observationibus selectis illustravit. 392 pp. Svanborg et Soc., Lundae. Google Books Reference page. 

• Arnold, F.C.G. 1870. Lichenologische Fragmente. VIII. Flora, oder allgemeine botanische Zeitung, herausgegeben von der königl. bayer. botanischen Gesellschaft in Regensburg 53(14): 209–216. BHL Reference page. 

• Choisy, M.G.B. 1952. Catalogue des lichens de la région lyonnaise [9]. (suite: 129–144). Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 21(7): 165–180. DOI: 10.3406/linly.1952.7511 . Reference page. 

• Hale, M.E., Jr. 1975. A Revision of the Lichen Genus Hypotrachyna (Parmeliaceae) in Tropical America. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 25: 1–73. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.25 . hdl: 10088/6977 . Reference page. 

• Schaerer, L.E. 1850. Enumeratio Critica Lichenum Europaeorum.: [I]–XXXVI + 1–327 + pls. 1–10. Officina Staempfliana, Bernae. BHL Reference page. 

• Smith, J.E. & Sowerby, J. 1810. English Botany; or, coloured figures of british plants, with their essential characters, synonyms, and places of growth: to which will be added, occasional remarks. Vol. 26.: 1801–1872. London: R. Taylor & co. Biblioteca Digital HathiTrust Reference page. 

• Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Hypotrachyna (pp. 356-360) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. (H. laevigata mentioned on p. 359 & 360)

• 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. (Description of H. laevigata and distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 245)

Links

• Index Fungorum: IF 342285
• MycoBank: MB 342285
• Hypotrachyna laevigata in GBIF
• Hypotrachyna laevigata in LIAS light

• North American Lichen Checklist

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Hypotrachyna laevigata

• Flechtenbilder (Lichen Images) by Ulrich Kirschbaum - Hypotrachyna laevigata

• The Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway (Photo Gallery) - Hypotrachyna laevigata

• Irish lichens (photos and descriptions) - Hypotrachyna laevigata

Vernacular names

English: Hypotrachyna lichen