Physcia sorediosa

Taxonavigation

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

Physcia sorediosa (Vainio) Lynge, 1924

Substrate and ecology (Sonoran region:) Growing both on rocks or on tree trunks in open situations

World distribution: South America, East Africa, southeastern Asia, southwest U.S.A.

Basionym: Physcia integrata var. sorediosa Vain., Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 7: 142 (1890)

Physcia sorediosa Lynge in Naturv. Skrifter, I. Math.-naturv. Klasse, 1924, no 16, p. 27.

Lynge, B. (1924) On South American Anaptychiae and Physciae. - Videnskapsselsk. Skrift I, Mat.-Naturv. Kl. 2, No. 16: 1–47, 5 pl. (Mattick Rec.# 16901 - Literature on Lichens) (PDF file)

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 P. sorediosa: pp. 556 & 558; distribution map for North America: p. 556; color photo: p. 557, plate 671)

Moberg, R. (1986) The genus Physcia in East Africa. - Nordic Journal of Botany 6: 843–864. (RLL List # 129-118 / Rec. # 12912 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Illustration of Physcia sorediosa: p. 857)

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 sorediosa: p. 370)

English: Black-bottomed rosette lichen, Rosette lichen