Placynthiella icmalea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Agyriaceae
Genus: Placynthiella
Species: Placynthiella icmalea

Name

Placynthiella icmalea (Ach.) Coppins & P.James, 1984

Basionym: Lecidea icmalea Ach., 1808

Substratum: On dead bark and wood, stumps, rotting fence posts, plant debris, tree roots, shaded siliceous rocks and humus rich soils.

Synonyms

Biatora fuliginea (Ach.) Fr., 1824
Biatora uliginosa var. fuliginea (Ach.) Fr., 1831
Lecidea fuliginea Ach., 1814
Lecidea icmalea Ach., 1808
Lecidea uliginosa sensu auct. brit. p.p., 2002
Pannularia perfurfurea Nyl., 1900
Parmeliella corallinoides f. perfurfurea (Nyl.) Gyeln., 1935
Parmeliella perfurfurea (Nyl.) Zahlbr., 1925
Patellaria fuliginea (Ach.) Spreng., 1827
Placynthiella perfurfurea (Nyl.) Gyeln., 1939
Saccomorpha icmalea (Ach.) Clauzade & Cl.Roux, 1985

References

Coppins & P. James (1984) Lichenologist 16 (3): 244.
Coppins, B.J. and James, P.W. (1984) New or interesting British lichens V. Lichenologist 16 (3): 241–264. (Illlustration of P. icmalea: p. 242) [1]
Dobson, F.S. (2000) (Fourth edition) Placynthiella (pp. 310-311) In, Lichens: An illustrated guide to the British and Irish species. The Richmond Publishing Co., Ltd., Slough, England, 431 pp. (Description, distribution map, and color photo of P. icmalea: p. 310)
John, V. (1990) Atlas der Flechten in Rheinland-Pfalz. Beitr. Landespfl. Rheinland-Pfalz 13: 1–276. (Illustration of P. icmalea: p. 236)
Puntillo, D. (1996) I Licheni di Calabria. Monografie XXII. Torino: Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, 229 pp.
Purvis, O.W. (1992) Placynthiella Elenkin (1909) (pp. 475-476) 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 P. icmalea: p. 475)
Ryan, B.D, Hertel, H. and Lendemer, J.C. (2004) Placynthiella (pp. 419-422) In: Nash III, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Diederich, P., Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 742 pages. (Description of P. icmalea: pp. 420-421; distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 421)
Thomson, J.W. (2003) Placynthiella (pp.188-189). In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages. (Description of P. icmalea: p. 189)
van Herk, K. and Aptroot, A. (2004) Placynthiella (pp. 306-311) In, Veldgids Korstmossen. Koninkliijke Nederlandse Natuurhistorische Vereniging, 423 pages; in Dutch. (Description of P. icmalea: p. 308; color photo: p. 309)
Index Fungorum
USDA Plants Database
North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#14) 8 Oct 2008

Links to photos

Flechtenbilder (Lichen Images) by Ulrich Kirschbaum - Placyntiella icmalea

Lichen Gallery of Leif & Anita Stridvall - Placynthiella icmalea

Vernacular names

English: Placynthiella lichen
Nederlands: Bruine veenkorst