Peltula tortuosa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Peltulaceae
Genus: Peltula
Species: Peltula tortuosa

Name

Peltula tortuosa (Nees) Wetmore, 1970

Substratum: On granite rocks in deserts.

Basionym: Dufourea tortuosa (Ach.) Nees, 1820

Synonymy

• Heppia tortuosa (Nyl.) Vain., 1890

References

• Wetmore, Ann. Mo. bot. Gdn. 57 (2): 205 (1971) [1970]
• Wetmore, C.M. (1970) The lichen family Heppiaceae in North America. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 57: 158–209.
• 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 P. tortuosa: figs. 201-206)
• 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. tortuosa: pp. 339-340; distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 340)
• Upreti, D.K. and Büdel, B. (1990) The lichen genera Heppia and Peltula in India. J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 68: 279–284. (Illustration of P. tortuosa: fig. 5)
• Index Fungorum
• USDA Plants Database
• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#14) 8 Oct 2008

Vernacular names

English: Peltula lichen