Punctelia borreri

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Parmeliaceae
Subfamilia: Parmelioideae
Genus: Punctelia
Species: Punctelia borreri

Name

Punctelia borreri (Sm.) Krog, Nordic Journ. Bot. 2 (3): 291 (1982)   [MycoBank #110966]

Substrate and ecology (Sonoran region:) Rare on bark of Quercus from 300 to 410 meters.

Homotypic synonyms

• Parmelia borreri Turner in Sm., in Smith & Sowerby, Engl. Bot. 25 : tab. 1780 (1807)   [MycoBank #397227] (nomen nudum)
• Lichen borreri (Turner) Sm., in Smith & Sowerby, Engl. Bot. 25 : tab. 1780 (1807)   [MycoBank #393785]
• Parmelia borreri Turner, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 9: 148 (1808)   [MycoBank #397227] (Latin description)

Heterotypic synonyms

• Parmelia aleuriza Vain. ex Lynge
• Parmelia borreri var. pseudoborreri (Asahina) Targé & Lambinon, 1965
• Parmelia dubia sensu auct. brit. p.p.; 2002
• Parmelia insignata Stizenb.
• Parmelia maculoides Gyeln.
• Parmelia pseudoborreri Asahina, 1951
• Parmelia subaequans Nyl.

References

• Krog, H. (1982)   Punctelia, a new lichen genus in the Parmeliaceae. - Nordic Journal of Botany 2 (3): 287–292.   (RLL List # 115-40 / Rec.# 10525 - Recent Literature on Lichens)

• Smith, J.E. & J. Sowerby (1807)   English Botany; or Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms and Places of Growth: to which will be added Occasional Remarks. 25 : tab. 1729-1800.   (Mattick Rec.# 33494 - Recent Literature on Lichens)

• Turner, D. (1808)   Descriptions of Eight New British Lichens. - Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 9: 135–150.   (Mattick Rec.# 33915 - Recent Literature on Lichens)

• Aptroot, A. (2003) A new perspective on the sorediate Punctelia (Parmeliaceae) species of North America. The Bryologist 106 (2): 317–319.   (RLL List # 191 / Rec.# 24592 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (JSTOR) (Confirmed P. borreri as a North American species)

• Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Punctelia (pp. 605-610) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. (P. borreri mentioned: p. 610)

• Egan, R.S. and Aptroot, A. (2004) Punctelia (pp. 431-436) In: Nash III, T.H.; Ryan, B.D.; Diederich, P.; Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 742 pages. (Description of P. borreri and distribution map of the Sonoran region: p. 432)

• Flenniken, D. (1999) Punctelia Krog (pp. 188-192) In The Macrolichens In West Virginia, 231 pages, 26 plates. (Published by D. Flenniken, 2273 Blachleyville Rd, Wooster, Ohio 44691) (Description of P. borreri: p. 190; color photo: plate 21, G)

• Hinds, J.W. and Hinds, P.L. (2007) Punctelia Krog, 1982 (pp. 427-432) In, The Macrolichens of New England. - Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden No. 96. New York Botanical Garden Press, Bronx, New York. 584 pp. (Description of P. bolliana: p. 429; color photo: p. 429)

• van Herk, K. and Aptroot, A. (2004) Punctelia Krog (pp. 324-328) In, Veldgids Korstmossen. Koninkliijke Nederlandse Natuurhistorische Vereniging, 423 pages; in Dutch. (Description of P. borreri: p. 324-325; color photo: p. 325)

• USDA Plants Database

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Punctelia borreri

• Flechtenbilder (Lichen Images) by Ulrich Kirschbaum - Punctelia borreri

• Irish lichens (photos and descriptions) - Punctelia borreri

Vernacular names

English: Punctelia
日本語: ハクテンゴケ
Nederlands: Witstippelschildmos