Phaeophyscia nashii

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 nashii

Name

Phaeophyscia nashii Essl., 2004

Diagnosis: Thallus foliosus, sorediatus; subtus albus velpallido-brunnesces; conidia ellipsoidea, 2.5-4 x 1 µm.

Type: MEXICO. ((aut|Baja California Sur:}} Sierra de la Laguna, 23^o20'N, 110^o00'W, c. 10 m., on Pachycereus, Nash 33,766 (ASU-holotype, hb. Essl., isotpe).

Substrate and ecology (Sonoran region:) On bark

World distribution: Western Mexico

Etymology: Named to honor lichenologist Thomas Hawkes Nash III

References

• 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 nashii: pp. 410-411; black-and-white photos of thalli: p. 410, fig. 55 and p. 411, fig. 56)

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank