Porpidia thomsonii

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Lecideaceae
Genus: Porpidia
Species: Porpidia thomsonii

Name

Porpidia thomsonii Gowan, 1989

Host-Substratum/Locality: On rocks: Northwest Territories

References

Primary

• Gowan, Bryologist 92(1): 54 (1989)

• Gowan, S.P. (1989) A character analysis of the secondary products of the Porpidiaceae (lichenized Ascomycotina). - Systematic Botany 14(1): 77-90.   **[RLL List # 137 / Rec.# 6935] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (JSTOR)

Secondary

• Thomson, J.W. (1997) Porpidia Körber (pp. 489-501) 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 Porpidia thomsonii: p. 496; distribution map for the American arctic: p. 498)

Links

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#15) 27 Aug 2009

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to Photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos - Porpidia thomsonii

Vernacular names

English: Thomson's porpidia lichen