Pyrrhospora varians

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Lecanoraceae
Genus: Pyrrhospora
Species: Pyrrhospora varians

Name

Pyrrhospora varians (Ach.) R.C.Harris, 1985

Basionym

• Lecidea varians Ach., Syn. meth. lich. (Lund): 38 (1814)

Synonyms

• Lecidea varians Ach., Syn. meth. lich. (Lund): 38 (1814)
• Biatora varians Eschw., Syst. Lich. 26 (1824

References

• R.C. Harris, Evansia 2 (3): 46 (1985)

• Harris, R.C. (1985) Lichens of the New Jersey pine barrens collected on the seventh A. Leroy Andrews Foray, 1982. - Evansia 2: 44–47.   (RLL List # 126-33 / Rec. # 7798 - Recent Literature on Lichens)

• Acharius, E. (1814) Synopsis methodica lichenum, sistens omnes hujus ordinis naturalis detectas plantas, quas, secundum genera, species et varietates disposuit, characteribus et differentiis emendatis definivit, nec non synonymis et observationibus selectis illustravit auctor. - Lund. 392 pp.   (Mattick Rec.# 30923 - Literature on Lichens)

• Hertel, H. and Printzen, C. (2004) Lecidea (pages 287-309). In T.H. Nash III, B.D. Ryan, P. Diederich, C. Gries & F. Bungartz (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 742 pages.   (RLL List # 196 / Rec. # 25918 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Lecidea varians: p. 308-309)

• USDA Plants Database

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Pyrrhospora varians

Vernacular names

English: Pyrrhospora lichen