Placopsis gelida

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Baeomycetales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lecanoromycetes Subclassis: Ostropomycetidae Order: Baeomycetales

Familia: Trapeliaceae
Genus: Placopsis
Species: Placopsis gelida

Name

Placopsis gelida (L.) Lindsay, 1866

Basionym

• Lichen gelidus L., 1767

Synonyms

• Lecanora gelida (L.) Ach., Lich. univ.: 429 (1810)
• Lichen gelidus L., Mant. Pl. 1: 133 (1767)
• Parmelia gelida (L.) Ach., 1803
• Patellaria gelida (L.) Trevis., 1852 [1851-52]
• Placodium gelidum (L.) Gray, 1821
• Psoroma gelidum (L.) Rabenh., 1870
• Squamaria gelida (L.) Hook., in Duby, Bot. Gall. (Paris) 2: 659 (1830)

References

Primary references

• Linds., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 25: 536 (1866)

• Lindsay, L.W. (1866) Observations on New Zealand Lichens. - Trans. Linn. Soc. London 25: 493–560.   **[Mattick Rec.# 34514] - (Recent Literature on Lichens - Mattick No.)**

Additional references

• Dobson, F.S. (2000) (Fourth edition) Placopsis (pp. 309-310) 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)** (Discussion of Placopsis gelida: pp. 309-310; map and color photo: p. 310)

• Purvis, O.W. (1992) Placopsis (Nyl.) Lindsay (1866) (pp. 474-475) 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.   **[RLL List # 151 / Rec.# 15105] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Placopsis gelida: pp. 474-475)

• Thomson, J.W. (1997) Placopsis (Nyl.) Lindsay (pp. 470-472) In, American Arctic Lichens: 2. The Microlichens. The University of Wisconsin Press, 675 pages.   **[RLL List # 170 / Rec.# 18517] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Placopsis gelida: p.471; drawing and distribution map for the North American arctic: p. 472)

• Wirth, V. (1995) Placopsis (Nyl.) Lindsay (pp. 743-744) - Teil 2 - In, Die Flechten Baden-Württembergs, Teil 1 & 2. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart. 1006 pp.; in German.   **[RLL List # 159 / Rec.# 20405] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Placopsis gelida: p. 744)

Links

• USDA Plants Database

• Checklist to Norwegian lichens

• Checklist of Japanese Lichens

• Checklist of the Lichens of Australia and its Island Territories

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#16) 18 June 2010.

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Placopsis gelida

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos - Placopsis gelida

• A Flechtenbilder (Lichen Images) by Ulrich Kirschbaum - Placopsis gelida

• Alan Silverside's Lichen Pages - Placopsis gelida

• The Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway (Photo Gallery) - Placopsis gelida

• Lichen Gallery of Leif & Anita Stridvall - Placopsis gelida

• British Lichens (photo by M. Sutcliffe) - Placopsis gelida

Vernacular names

English: Bull's-eye lichen

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