Phlyctis speirea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Phlyctidaceae
Genus: Phlyctis
Species: Phlyctis speirea

Name

Phlyctis speirea G. Merr., 1913

Substrate and ecology: On tree bark (Quercus, Lithocarpus)

World distribution: Endemic to the coastal lowlands of western North America

References

• G. Merr., Ottawa Nat. 27: 118–119 (1913)

• Merrill, G.K. (1913) New or otherwise interesting lichens from Vancouver Island and the Rocky Mountains. - The Ottawa Naturalist 27: 117–121. (Mattick's Literature Index)

• Tønsberg, T. (2004) Phlyctis (pp. 415-416) 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. (Discussion of Phlyctis speirea: p. 416)

• USDA Plants Database

• Index Fungorum

Vernacular names

English: Blemished lichen