Psora himalayana

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Psoraceae
Genus: Psora
Species: Psora himalayana

Name

Psora himalayana (Church. Bab.) Timdal, 1986

North American distribution: CANADA, Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, Yukon; U.S.A., Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, South Dakato, Utah, Wyoming

Basionym

• Biatora himalayana Church. Bab., Hookers J. Bot. 4: 251, 1852. Type: "Ostindien (Himalaya), Gori River, Kumaon, 4700 feet" Strachey & Winterbottom s.n. (isotype, M)

Synonymy

• Psora elenkinii Räsänen, Notul. System. Inst. Bot. Komarovii 5 : 1. 1940. Type: U.S.S.R.

References

Primary references

• Timdal, Bryologist 89 (4): 262 (1987) [1986]

• Timdal, E. (1986) A revision of Psora (Lecideaceae) in North America. - The Bryologist 89: 253–275.   **[RLL List # 131 / Rec.# 18653] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (JSTOR) (PDF file - 47 MB) (Discussion of [No. 6] Psora himalayana: pp. 262-264; black-and-white photo: p. 262, Fig. 11; distribution map for North America: p. 263, Fig. 12)

Selected reference

• Brodo, I.M.; Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Psora (p. 597-604) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages.   **[RLL List # 184 / Rec.# 22402] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Psora himalayana: pp. 599 & 601; distribution map for North America: p. 599; color photo: p. 600, plate 726)

• St. Clair, L.L. (1999) Psora Hoffm. (pp. 164-171) In - A color guidebook to common Rocky Mountain lichens. M.L. Bean Life Science Museum of Brigham Young University Publisher, 242 pp.   **[RLL List # 180 / Rec.# 21417] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Description of Psora himalayana and color photo: p. 168)

• Thomson, J.W. (1997) Psora Hoffm. (pp. 505-513) 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 Psora himalayana: pp. 507 & 509; distribution map for the American arctic: p. 508)

• Timdal, E. (2002) Psora (pp. 418-430) In: Nash III, T.H.; Ryan, B.D.; Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 1. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 532 pages.   **[RLL List # 187 / Rec.# 23117] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (PDF file - 27 MB) (Discussion of Psora himalayana and distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 423)

Links

• Psora himalayana in United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, PLANTS Database.

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

• Psora himalayana in Index Fungorum.

• Psora himalayana in MycoBank.

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos - Psora himalayana

• Lichen Gallery of Leif & Anita Stridvall - Psora himalayana

Vernacular names

English: Mountain scale lichen,   Himalaya fishscale lichen