Peltula michoacanensis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Peltulaceae
Genus: Peltula
Species: Peltula michoacanensis

Name

Peltula michoacanensis (de Lesd.) Wetmore, 1970

Substrate and ecology: On soil over acidic or calcareous rocks in deserts.

Basionym: Heppia michoacanensis de Lesd., 1914

References

• Wetmore, Ann. Mo. bot. Gdn 57(2): 187 (1971) [1970]
• Wetmore, C.M. (1970) The lichen family Heppiaceae in North America. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 57: 158–209. (Illustration of P. michoacanensis: p. 188)
• Büdel, B. and Nash III, T.H (2002) Peltula (pp. 331-340) 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 P. michoacanensis, and distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 335)
• Index Fungorum
• USDA Plants Database
• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#14) 8 Oct 2008

Vernacular names

English: Peltula lichen