Melanelixia albertana

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Lecanorales 

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

Familia: Parmeliaceae
Subfamilia: Parmelioideae
Genus: Melanelixia
Species: Melanelixia albertana

Name edit

Melanelixia albertana (Ahti) O.Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch, 2004


Basionym: Parmelia albertana Ahti, 1969

Synonyms edit

  • Melanelia albertana (Ahti) Essl., Mycotaxon 7(1): 47 (1978)
  • Parmelia albertana Ahti, Bryologist 72: 236 (1969)

References edit

  • Mycol. Res. 108(8): 881 (2004)
  • Blanco, O.; Crespo, A.; Divakar, P.K.; Esslinger, T.L.; Hawksworth, D.L. and Lumbsch, H.T. (2004) Melanelixia and Melanohalea, two new genera segregated from Melanelia (Parmeliaceae) based on molecular and morphological data. - Mycological Research 108(8): 873–884.   (RLL List # 197 / Rec.# 26150 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (PDF file)
  • Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Melanelia (pp. 430-441) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. (Description of Melanelixia albertana: pp. 431-432; distribution map for North America: p. 431; color photo: p. 432, plate 492 [as Melanelia albertana])
  • Esslinger, T.L. (2002) Melanelia (pp. 274-286) 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 Melanelixia albertana: p. 276 [as Melanelia albertana])
  • Thomson, J.W. (2003) Melanelia Essl. (pp. 140-144) In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages. (Description of Melanelixia albertana: p. 141 [as Melanelia albertana])

Links to photos edit

Vernacular names edit

English: Powder-rimmed camouflage lichen