Protoparmelia ryaniana

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Parmeliaceae
Subfamilia: Protoparmelioideae
Genus: Protoparmelia
Species: Protoparmelia ryaniana

Name

Protoparmelia ryaniana Van den Boom, Sipman & Elix, 2007

Etymology: named after the late Bruce Ryan, Lichen Herbarium at Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.

Type: Mexico, Baja California: Punta Santa Tomas.

Life habit: lichenized, lichenicolous at least when young.

Substrate and ecology: In maritime, arid to semi-arid habitats, initially lichenicolous on Dimelaena radiata, Tephromela atra or Verrucaria sp., eventually independent on acid rocks.

References

• Van den Boom, Sipman & Elix, Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region (Tempe) 3: 392 (2007)

• Van den Boom, P.P.G.; Sipman, H.J.M. and Elix, J.A. (2007) Protoparmelia (pp. 392-393) In: Nash III, T.H., Gries, C., and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 3. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 567 pages.   (RLL List # 210 / Rec. # 30426 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Protoparmelia ryaniana: pp. 392-393; black-and-white photo of thallus: p. 392, fig. 36)

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#17) 16 May 2011

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank