Peccania arizonica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lichinales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lichinomycetes Ordo: Lichinales

Familia: Lichinaceae
Genus: Peccania
Species: Peccania arizonica

Name

Peccania arizonica Tuck. ex Herre, 1911

Substrate and ecology: On thin soil crusts over limestone.

References

• Herre, A.W.C.T. (1911) The desert lichens of Reno, Nevada. Botanical Gazette\Bot. Gaz. 51: 286–297. (P. arizonica: p. 290)
• Tretiach, M. and Schultz, M. (2007) Peccania (pp. 266-270) In: Nash III, T.H., Gries, C., and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 3. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 567 pages. (Description and distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 268; black-and-white photo: p. 267) (Color plate in the photo section of Vol. III)
• Index Fungorum
• USDA Plants Database
• North American Lichen Checklist (Sep 2008)

Vernacular names

English: Arizona peccania lichen