Peltula obscurans
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Taxonavigation: Lichinales |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Peltulaceae
Genus: Peltula
Species: Peltula obscurans
Varietates:
P. o. var. deserticola –
P. o. var. hassei –
P. o. var. obscurans
Name edit
Peltula obscurans (Nyl.) Gyelnik, 1935
Substrate and ecology: Usually on acidic rocks, occasionally on calcareous rocks and soil in deserts.
- Basionym
- Endocarpiscum obscurans Nyl., 1872
Synonyms edit
- Acarospora subglebosa (Müll. Arg.]) Hue, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, 5 sér. 1: 162 (1909)
- Acarospora subglobosa (Müll.Arg.) Hue, 1909
- Endocarpiscum obscurans Nyl., 1872
- Heppia acarosporoides Müll.Arg., 1892
- Heppia obscurans (Nyl.) Nyl., 1887 [1886-87]
- Heppia subglebosa (Müll. Arg.) I.M.Lamb, 1959 [1958]
- Peltula subglebosa (Müll.Arg.) Filson, 1988
- Placodium subglebosum Müll.Arg., 1889
References edit
- Gyeln., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 38: 308 (1935)
- Gyelnik, V. (1935) De familia Heppiacearum, II. - Feddes Repertorium specierum novarum regni vegetabilis\Feddes Repert. spec. nov. regn. veg. 38: 307–313.
- Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Peltula (pp. 522-525) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. (Description of P. obscurans: pp. 523-524; distribution map for North America: p. 523; color photos: p. 524, figs. 624 & 625)
- 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. obscurans, and distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 335)
- Wetmore, C.M. (1970) The lichen family Heppiaceae in North America. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 57: 158–209.
- USDA Plants Database
- North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#14) 8 Oct 2008
- Index Fungorum
Link to photos edit
- Pictures of tropical lichens - Peltula obscurans
Vernacular names edit
English: Common rock-olive lichen, Peltula lichen