Punctelia rudecta

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 rudecta

Name

Punctelia rudecta (Ach.) Krog, Nordic Journ. Bot. 2 (3): 291 (1982)   [MycoBank #110980]

Substrate and ecology (Sonoran region): On rocks (basalt, rhyolite, volcanic) and mosses, or bark (Quercus, Pachycormus, Pinus), 10-2260 meters.

Basionym

• Parmelia rudecta Ach., Syn. Meth. Lich. (Lund): 197 (1814)   [MycoBank #373951]

Homotypic synonyms

• Parmelia borreri var. rudecta (Ach.) Tuck., Enum. N. Amer. Lich.: 49 (1845)   [MycoBank #531726]
• Imbricaria rudecta (Ach.) Jatta, Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 9 (4): 470 (1902)   [MycoBank #387071]

Heterotypic synonyms

• Parmelia leiocarpa Taylor, London Journ. Bot. 6: 170 (1847)   [MycoBank #397783]
• Parmelia laceratula f. phricodes Stirt., Transact. Glasgow Soc. Field Natural. 5: 213 (1877)   [MycoBank #435090]
• Parmelia phricodes (Strit.) C.W.Dodge, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 46 (1-2): 82 (1959)   [MycoBank #368739]

References

• Krog, Nordic Jl Bot. 2 (3): 291 (1982)

• 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. rudecta and distribution map for North America: p. 608; color photo: p. 608, plate 737)

• 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. rudecta: pp. 435-436; distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 436)

• 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. rudecta: p. 191: color photo: plate 21, J)

• 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. rudecta: pp. 431-432; color photo: p. 431)

• St. Clair, L.L. (1999) Punctelia Krog (pp. 173-174) In, A color guidebook to common Rocky Mountain lichens. M.L. Bean Life Science Museum of Brigham Young University Publisher, 242 pp. [1] (Description of P. rudecta and color photo: p. 173)

• 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. rudecta: p. 200)

• USDA Plants Database

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Punctelia rudecta

Vernacular names

English: Rough speckled shield lichen,   Punctelia