Umbilicaria americana

Taxonavigation

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

Umbilicaria americana Poelt & T.H.Nash, 1993

Substrate and ecology: On siliceous rocks, often on vertical rock faces or in crevices where trickle water runs

Typification Details: Holotype COLO, Weber & Shushan S24924

Host-Substratum/Locality: On granite: Colorado

World distribution: U.S.A. and southern parts of Canada

Poelt, J. and Nash, T.H., III. (1993) Studies in the Umbilicaria vellea group (Umbilicariaceae) in North America. - The Bryologist 96(3): 422–430. **[RLL List # 152 / Rec.# 14752] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (JSTOR)

Brodo, I.M.; Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Umbilicaria (pp. 696-709) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. **[RLL List # 184 / Rec.# 22465] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Umbilicaria americana and distribution map for North America: p. 699; full page color photo: p. 700, plate 858)

Flenniken, D. (1999) Umbilicaria Hoffm. (pp. 205-207) In The Macrolichens In West Virginia, 231 pages, 26 plates. (Published by D. Flenniken, 2273 Blachleyville Rd, Wooster, Ohio 44691) **[RLL List # 175 / Rec.# 5723] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Umbilicaria americana: p. 205; color photo: Plate 23, G)

Hestmark, G. (2004) Umbilicaria (pp. 548-556) 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.# 25973] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Umbilicaria americana: pp. 549-550; distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 550)

Hinds, J.W. and Hinds, P.L. (2007) Umbilicaria Hoffm., 1789 (pp. 477-487) 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. **[RLL List # 210 / Rec.# 30032] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Umbilicaria americana: pp. 478-479)

McCune, B. and Geiser, L. (2009) Umbilicaria (pp. 336-354) Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest. (Second Edition) Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, 464 pp. **[RLL List # 216 / Rec.# 31233] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Umbilicaria americana and color photo: p. 342)

St. Clair, L.L. (1999) Umbilicaria Hoffm. (pp. 198-203) In - A color guidebook to common Rocky Mountain lichens. M.L. Bean Life Science Museum of Brigham Young University Publisher, 242 pp. **[RLL List # 180 / Rec.# 21417] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Umbilicaria americana and color photo: p. 199)

Thomson, J.W. (2003) Umbilicaria Hoffm. (pp. 234-235) In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages. **[RLL List # 190 / Rec.# 24161] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Umbilicaria americana: pp. 234-235)

English: Frosted rock tripe