Peccania subnigra

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Lichinaceae
Genus: Peccania
Species: Peccania subnigra

Name

Peccania subnigra (de Lesd.) Wetmore, 1985

Substrate and ecology: On siliceous and, more rarely, calciferous soil.

Basionym: Placynthium subnigrum de Lesd., 1932

Synonymy

• Synalissa subnigra (de Lesd.) Henssen

References

• Wetmore, C.M. (1985) Lichens of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Mycotaxon 23: 241–249. (P. subnigra: p. 246)
• 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 of P. subnigra: pp. 269-270; distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 269) (Color plate in the photo section of Vol. III)
• Index Fungorum
• USDA Plants Database
• North American Lichen Checklist (Sep 2008)

Vernacular names

English: Peccania lichen