Peltula obscurans var. deserticola

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Peltulaceae
Genus: Peltula
Species: Peltula obscurans
Varietas: Peltula obscurans var. deserticola

Name

Peltula obscurans (Nyl.) Gyeln. var. deserticola (Zahlbr.) Wetmore, 1970

Substrate and ecology: Primarily on calcareous rocks, including secondary deposits of caliche and along pebble edges in deserts.

Basionym: Heppia deserticola Zahlbr., 1908

References

• 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.
• Wetmore, C.M. (1970) The lichen family Heppiaceae in North America. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 57: 158–209. (Illustration of Peltula obscurans var. deserticola: 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 Peltula obscurans var. deserticola, and distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 336)
• Index Fungorum
• USDA Plants Database
• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#14) 8 Oct 2008

Vernacular names

English: Peltula lichen