Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Caliciales 

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

Familia: Physciaceae
Genus: Physcia
Species: Physcia alba

Name edit

Physcia alba (Fée) Müll. Arg., 1887


Substrate and ecology (Sonoran region:) Mainly corticolous, also found on rocks in ± exposed sites

World distribution: Scattered localities in northern South America an SW North America

Basionym: Parmelia alba Fée, 1825

References edit

  • Müll. Arg., Revue mycol., Toulouse 9: 136 (1887)
  • Müller, J. (1887) Revisio Lichenum Féeanorum. - Revue Mycologique\Rev. Mycol. 9: 82–89, 133-140.   (Mattick Rec.# 16939 - Literature on Lichens)
  • Moberg, R. (1990) The lichen genus Physcia in Central and South America. - Nordic Journal of Botany 10: 319–342.   (RLL List # 142 / Rec. # 12921 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Illustration of Physcia alba: p. 323)
  • Moberg, R. (2002) Physcia (pp. 358-373) 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.   (RLL List # 187 / Rec. # 23100 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Physcia alba: pp. 360-361; distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 361)

Vernacular names edit