Physciella melanchra

Taxonavigation

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

Physciella melanchra (Hue) Essl., 1986

Substrate and ecology (Sonoran region:) On bark, less often on rock

World distribution: North America and Asia

Basionym: Physcia melanchra Hue

Phaeophyscia melanchra (Hue) Hale, Lichenologist 15 (2): 158 (1983) (Source: North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#17) 16 May 2011)

Esslinger, T.L. (1986) Studies in the lichen family Physciaceae. VII. The new genus Physciella. - Mycologia 78: 92–97. (RLL List # 127-49 / Rec. # 5221 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Web site)

Esslinger, T. L. (2004) Physciella (pp. 416-418) In: Nash III, T.H.; Ryan, B.D.; Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 532 pages. (RLL List # 196 / Rec. # 25942 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Physciella melanchra: pp. 417-418; distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 418)

Hinds, J.W. and Hinds, P.L. (2007) Physciella Essl., 1986 (pp. 399-401) 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. (RLL List # 210 / Rec. # 30032 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Physciella melanchra: p. 401; color photo: p. 401, fig. 252)

Thomson, J.W. (2003) Physciella Essl. (pp. 186-187) In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages. (RLL List # 190 / Rec. # 24161 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Physciella melanchra: pp. 186-187)

Hale, M.E., Jr. (1983) Cortical structure in Physcia and Phaeophyscia. - Lichenologist 15: 157–160. (RLL List # 119-43 / Rec. # 7489 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (doi:10.1017/S0024282983000249)

English: Mealy cryptic rosette lichen, Physciella