Sticta tomentosa

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 tomentosa

Name

Sticta tomentosa (Sw.) Ach., 1803

Substrate and ecology: (Sonoran Desert Region) On bark in pine-oak forest, pine-fir forest on Pinus cembroides, Quercus rugosa, Quercus scytophylla and on rhyolite outcrops, 1950-3050 m.)

Basionym

• Lichen tomentosus Sw., 1788

Synonyms

• Lobaria tomentosa (Sw.) Raeusch.
• Stictina tomentosa (Sw.) Nyl.
• Dystictina tomentosa (Sw.) Clem.

References

Primary

• Ach., Methodus: 279 (1803)

• Acharius, E. (1803) Methodus qua omnes detectos lichenes secundum organa carpomorpha ad genera, species et varietates redigere atque observationibus illustrare tentavit Erik Acharius (Methodus Lichenum). Cum tab. aen. - Stockholm.   **[Mattick Rec.# 30921] - (Recent Literature on Lichens - Mattick No.)** (PDF file)

Secondary

• Galloway, D.J. (1994) Studies on the lichen genus Sticta (Schreber) Ach.: II. Typification of taxa from Swartz's Prodromus of 1788. Bull. Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 24(1): 35–48.   **[RLL List # 156 / Rec.# 6294] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (PDF file) (Illustrations of Sticta tomentosa: pp. 39, 40, 41 & 46)
• 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 tomentosa, and distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 523.)

Links

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Link to photos

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Sticta tomentosa