Phaeophyscia ciliata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caliciales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lecanoromycetes Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae Ordo: Caliciales

Familia: Physciaceae
Genus: Phaeophyscia
Species: Phaeophyscia ciliata

Name

Phaeophyscia ciliata (Hoffm.) Moberg, 1977

Substrate and ecology (Sonoran region:) Usually on bark, occasional on rock.

Basionym: Lichen ciliatus Hoffm., 1784

Synonyms:

• Lichen ciliatus Hoffm., Enum. critic. lich. europ. (Bern): 69 (1784)
• Physcia ciliata (Hoffm.) Du Rietz, Svensk bot. Tidskr. 15: 168 (1921)

World distribution: North America and Europe.

References

• Moberg, Symb. bot. upsal. 22 (no. 1): 30 (1977)

• Moberg, R. (1977) The lichen genus Physcia and allied genera in Fennoscandia. - Symbol. Bot. Upsal. 22: 1–108.   (RLL List # 98 / Rec. # 12901 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Illustration of Phaeophyscia ciliata: p. 30)

• Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Phaeophyscia (pp. 538-544) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. (Description of Phaeophyscia ciliata and distribution map for North America: p. 540; color photo: p. 540, plate 647)

• Esslinger, T.L. (2004) Phaeophyscia (pp. 403-414) In: Nash III, T.H.; Ryan, B.D.; Diederich, P.; Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 742 pages.   (RLL List # 196 / Rec. # 25940 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Phaeophyscia ciliata and distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 405)

• Flenniken, D. (1999) Phaeophyscia Moberg (pp. 168-173) In The Macrolichens In West Virginia, 231 pages, 26 plates. (Published by D. Flenniken, 2273 Blachleyville Rd, Wooster, Ohio 44691)   (RLL List # 175 / Rec. # 5723 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Phaeophyscia ciliata: p. 170; color photo: plate 18, K)

• Hinds, J.W. and Hinds, P.L. (2007) Phaeophyscia Moberg, 1977 (pp. 375-387) In, The Macrolichens of New England. - Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden No. 96. New York Botanical Garden Press, Bronx, New York. 584 pp. (Description of Phaeophyscia ciliata: pp. 377-378)

• Thomson, J.W. (2003) Phaeophyscia Moberg (pp. 176-181) In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages.   (RLL List # 190 / Rec. # 24161 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Phaeophyscia ciliata: p. 178)

• Wirth, V. (1995) Phaeophyscia Moberg (pp. 714-720) - Teil 2) In, Die Flechten Baden-Württembergs, Teil 1 & 2. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart. 1006 pp.; in German.   (RLL List # 159 / Rec. # 20405 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Phaeophyscia ciliata: p. 715)

Links

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#15) 27 Aug 2009

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Phaeophyscia ciliata

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos - Phaeophyscia ciliata

• A Flechtenbilder (Lichen Images) by Ulrich Kirschbaum - Phaeophyscia ciliata

• The Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway (Photo Gallery) - Phaeophyscia ciliata

Vernacular names

English: Smooth shadow lichen,   Ciliate wreath lichen