Physcia caesia

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 caesia

Name edit

Physcia caesia (Hoffm.) Fürnr., 1839

Substrate and ecology: (Sonoran region:) Mainly growing on acid rock in open situations, but it is also known as corticolous

World distribution: Widely distributed within the arctic, boreal and temperate vegetation zones

Basionym: Lichen caesius Hoffm., 1784

Synonyms edit

  • Physcia wainioi Räsänen, Meddn Soc. Fauna Flora fenn. 47: 166 (1921) (Source: Index Fungorum)
  • Borrera caesia (Hoffm.) Mudd, Man. Brit. Lich. 107 (1861)
  • Dimelaena caesia (Hoffm.) Norman, (1853)
  • Imbricaria caesia (Hoffm.) DC., in Lamarck & de Candolle (1805)
  • Lichen caesius Hoffm., Enum. critic. lich. europ. (Bern): 65 (1788)
  • Parmelia caesia (Hoffm.) Ach., (1803)
  • Physcia caesia var. caesiella (de Lesd.) Clauzade & Cl. Roux, Bull. Soc. bot. Centre-Ouest, Nouv. sér., num. spec. 7: 827 (1985)
  • Physcia caesiella (de Lesd.) Suza 9: 33 (1930)
  • Physcia subalbinea Nyl., Flora, Jena 57: 306 (1874)
  • Physcia tribacioides var. caesiella de Lesd., Bull. Soc. bot. Fr. 70: 844 (1906)
  • Placodium caesium (Hoffm.) Frege, 1812
  • Psora caesia (Hoffm.) Hoffm., 1790
  • Squamaria caesia (Hoffm.) Hook. f., in Smith, Engl. Fl. 5: 200 (1844)
  • Xanthoria caesia (Hoffm.) Horw., 1912

References edit

  • Hampe ex Fürnr., Naturhist. Topogr. Regensburg 2: 250 (1839)
  • Fürnrohr, A.E. Flora Ratisbonensis. Naturhistorische Topographie von Regensburg II: 250 (1839)
  • Fürnrohr, A.E. (1838-1840) Naturhistorische Topographie von Regensburg. 3 vols. Regensburg. (Mattick Rec.# 33362 – Literature on Lichens)
  • Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Physcia (pp. 546–560) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. (Description of Physcia caesia and distribution map for North America: p. 553; color photo: p. 553, plate 663)
  • Coppins, B.J. (1992) Physcia (Schreber) Michaux, 1803 (pp. 467–470) In: Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. and Moore, D.M. (eds.) The Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Natural History Museum Publication, 710 pp. (Description of Physcia caesia: pp. 468–469)
  • Dobson, F.S. (2000) (Fourth edition) Physcia (pp. 300–306) In: Lichens: An illustrated guide to the British and Irish species. The Richmond Publishing Co., Ltd., Slough, England, 431 pp. (RLL List # 184 / Rec. # 22402 – Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description, distribution map, color photo of Physcia caesia: p. 303)
  • Flenniken, D. (1999) Physcia (Schreber) Michaux (pp. 174–180) In The Macrolichens In West Virginia, 231 pages, 26 plates. (Published by D. Flenniken, 2273 Blachleyville Rd, Wooster, Ohio 44691) (Description of Physcia caesia: p. 176; color photo: plate 19, I)
  • Hinds, J.W. and Hinds, P.L. (2007) Physcia (Schreb.) Michx., 1803 (pp. 388–399) 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 Physcia caesia: pp. 392–393; color photos: p. 393, fig. 243)
  • McCune, B. and Geiser, L. (2009) Physcia (pp. 265–272) Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest. (Second Edition) Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, 464 pp. (Description of Physcia caesia and color photo: p. 270)
  • 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)
  • 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. (Description of Physcia caesia: pp. 361-362; distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 362)
  • St. Clair, L.L. (1999) Phaeorrhiza H. Mayrh. & Poelt (pp. 142) In, A color guidebook to common Rocky Mountain lichens. M.L. Bean Life Science Museum of Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, Publisher, 242 pp.   (RLL List # 180 / Rec. # 21417 – Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Physcia caesia and color photo: p. 147)
  • Thomson, J.W. (1984) Physcia (Schreb.) Michx. (pp. 340–357). In, American Arctic Lichens: 1. The Macrolichens. Columbia University Press, New York, 504 pages. (Description of Physcia caesia: pp. 351 & 353; sketch and distribution map for the American arctic: p. 354)
  • Thomson, J.W. (2003) Physcia (Schreber) Michaux (pp. 182–186) In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages. (Description of Physcia caesia: p. 184)
  • van Herk, K. and Aptroot, A. (2004) Physcia (Schreber) Michaux (pp. 296–303) In, Veldgids Korstmossen. Koninkliijke Nederlandse Natuurhistorische Vereniging, 423 pages; in Dutch. (Description of Physcia caesia: p. 298; color photo: p. 299)
  • Wirth, V. (1995) Physcia (Schreber) Michaux (pp. 724–735) Teil 2. In: Die Flechten Baden-Württembergs, Teil 1 & 2. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart. 1006 pp.; in German. (Description of Physcia caesia: p. 730; color photo: p. 731)
  • USDA Plants Database
  • North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#17) 16 May 2011
  • Index Fungorum
  • MycoBank

Links to photos edit

Vernacular names edit

English: Blue-gray rosette lichen,   Powder-back rosette lichen,   Rosette lichen
Nederlands: Stoeprandvingermos