Psora montana

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 montana

Name

Psora montana Timdal, 1986

Diagnosis: Squamae ad 3 mm diam., elongatae, adnatae vel adscendentes, badiae vel castaneae, epruinosae vel interdum leviter pruinosae, vulgo laeves, margine concolori. Apothecia laminalia, ad 1.2 mm diam., plana vel modice convexa vel interdum valde convexa, brunnea, vulgo epruinosa. Thallus acidum gyrophoricum et acidum lecanoricum continens.

Type: U.S.A. Colorado, Grand County, Tonahutu Creek Trail on S-facing slopes at NE end of Big Meadows, 9,500-9,700 ft alt., 6 July 1962, Anderson 2386 (holotype COLO; isotypes, CANL, UC)

Distribution: U.S.A., Colorado, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming

References

• Timdal, Bryologist 89 (4): 266 (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. 9] Psora montana: p. 266; black-and-white photo: p. 266, Fig. 19; distribution map: p. 263, Fig. 15)

Links

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

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

• Psora montana in Index Fungorum.

• Psora montana in MycoBank.

Link to photo

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos - Psora montana

Vernacular names

English: Mountain fishscale lichen