Psora pacifica
Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Psoraceae
Genus: Psora
Species: Psora pacifica
Name
editPsora pacifica Timdal, 1986
Diagnosis: Squamae ad 3 mm diam., elongatae, vulgo adscendentes, badiae vel castaneae, vulgo pruinosae, vulgo laeves, margine concolori. Apothecia laminalia, ad 1.3 mm diam., plana vel modice convexa vel interdum valde convexa, brunnea, vulgo epruinosa. Thallus acidum gyrophoricum et vulgo acidum lecanoricum et acidum ignotum continens.
Type: U.S.A., California, Santa Barbara Co., Santa Cruz Island, upper end of Islay Canyon, a few mi SW of the University of California Research Station, on bare earth, alt. 300m, 8 January 1986, Weber & Bratt s. n.; Weber, Lich. Exs. COLO No. 664 (holotype, O).
Distribution: U.S.A., California; MEXICO, Baja California
References
editPrimary references
edit- Timdal, Bryologist 89 (4): 268 (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. 12] Psora pacifica: pp. 268-269; black-and-white photo: p. 268, Fig. 22; distribution map: p. 263, Fig. 15)
References
edit- 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 pacifica and distribution map for North America: p. 602; color photo: p. 603, plate 729)
- 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 pacifica: pp. 426-427; distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 427)
Links
edit- Psora pacifica in United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, PLANTS Database.
Links to photos
edit- Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos - Psora pacifica
- The Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway (Photo Gallery) - Psora pacifica