Peltula obscurans var. hassei

Taxonavigation

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

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

Substrate and ecology: Commonly on soil and acidic rocks, occasionally on calcareous rocks in deserts.

Basionym: Heppia hassei Zahlbr., 1902

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. hassei: fig. 23)
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; color photos of P. obscurans var. hassei: p. 524, figs. 624 & 625)
Büdel, B. (1987) Zur Biologie und Systematik der Flechtengattungen Heppia und Peltula im südlichen Afrika. Bibliotheca Lichenologica, No. 23, J. Cramer, Berlin and Stuttgart. 105 pp. (Illustrations of Peltula obscurans var. hassei: figs. 174-178)
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. hassei, and distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 336)
Index Fungorum
USDA Plants Database
North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#14) 8 Oct 2008

English: Hasse's peltula lichen