Punctelia hypoleucites

Taxonavigation

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

Punctelia hypoleucites (Nyl.) Krog, 1982

Basionym: Parmelia hypoleucites Nyl., 1858

Substrate and ecology (Sonoran region): Primarily in oak-pine forests on bark of various hardwoods (Acer, Alnus, Arbutus, Quercus, Fraxinus, Prosopis, Prunus, Salix, Willardia) and conifers (Cupressus, Juniperus, Pinus, Pseudotsuga) between 700 and 2560 meters.

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

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. (Description of P. hypoleucites: pp. 607-608; distribution map for North America: p. 607; color photo: p. 607, plate 736)

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. hypoleucites: pp. 433-434; distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 434)

Thomson, J.W. (2003) Punctelia Krog (pp. 198-200) In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages. (Description of P. hypoleucites: p. 199)

English: Southwestern speckled shield lichen