Sticta beauvoisii

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Peltigeraceae
Subfamilia: Lobarioideae
Genus: Sticta
Species: Sticta beauvoisii

Name

Sticta beauvoisii Delise, 1825

Ecology and distribution: Commonly occurs near streams on rocks or on deciduous trees, often in moss. In the Sonoran Desert Region, on Alnus, Pinus ponderosa, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Quercus crassifolia and Quercus rugosa.

Synonyms

• Stictina quercizans var. beauvoisii (Delise) Müll.Arg.
• Stictina weigelii var. beauvoisii (Delise) Stizenb.
• Sticta weigelii var. beauvoisii (Delise) Hue, 1901

References

• Delise, Mém. Soc. Linn. Calvados ["Normandie"] 2: 83 (1825)

• Delise' D. 1825: Histoire de Lichens. Genre Sticta. - Caen. pp.   **[Mattick Rec.# 33828] - (Recent Literature on Lichens - Mattick No.)**

Secondary

• Brodo, I.M.; Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Sticta (pp. 670-672) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages.   **[RLL List # 184 / Rec.# 22465] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Description of Sticta beauvoisii: pp. 671-672; distribution map for North America: p. 671; color photo: p. 671, plate 822.)

• Galloway, D.J. (1994) Studies on the lichen genus Sticta (Schreber) Ach.: I. Southern South American species. The Lichenologist 26(3): 223–282.   **[RLL List # 156 / Rec.# 6293] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (doi:10.1017/S0024282994000344) (Illustration of Sticta beauvoisii: p. 172.)

• Galloway, D.J. and Thomas, M.A. (2004) Sticta (pp. 513-524) 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.   **[RLL List # 196 / Rec.# 25963] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Description of Sticta beauvoisii: pp. 514-515; distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 515)

• McDonald, T.; Miadlikowska, J. and Lutzoni, F. (2003) The lichen genus Sticta in the Great Smoky Mountains: a phylogenetic study of morphologial, chemical, and molecular data. - The Bryologist 106(1): 61–79.   **[RLL List # 190 / Rec.# 24247] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (JSTOR) (PFD file) (Description of Sticta beauvoisii: pp. 71-72; black-and-white photos of thalli: p. 65, figs. 2B & 2D; lower side of thallus: p. 69, fig. 3D)

• Thomson, J.W. (2003) Sticta (Schreber) Ach. (p. 223) In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages.   **[RLL List # 190 / Rec.# 24161] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Description of Sticta beauvoisii: p. 223)

Links

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#14) 8 Oct 2008

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Sticta beauvoisii

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Sticta beauvoisii

Vernacular names

English: Fringed moon lichen,   Beauvois' spotted felt lichen