Umbilicaria angulata

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Umbilicariales 

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

Familia: Umbilicariaceae
Genus: Umbilicaria
Species: Umbilicaria angulata

Name edit

Umbilicaria angulata Tuck., 1848


Substrate and ecology: On dry, exposed, siliceous rocks

World distribution: The west coast of North America, scattered from California to Alaska

Homotypic synonym edit

  • Gyrophora angulata (Tuck.) Herre in Contrib. U.S. Nation. Herbarium, vol. XIII, 1911, p. 318.

References edit

Primary references edit

  • Tuck., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1: 266 (1848).
  • Tuckerman, E. (1847) A synopsis of the lichens of New England, the Northern United States and British America. - Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1: 195–285.   **[Mattick Rec.# 30331] - (Recent Literature on Lichens - Mattick No.)** (BHL)

References edit

  • 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 angulata and distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 550)
  • Llano, G.A. (1950) A Monograph of the Lichen Family Umbilicariaceae in the Western Hemisphere. - Navexos P-831. Office of Naval Research, Washington, D.C.. 281 pp.   **[RLL List # 3 / Rec.# 11671] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Illustration of Umbilicaria angulata: plate 21, no. 1-2)
  • Thomson, J.W. (1984) Umbilicaria Hoffm., (pp. 439-461). In, American Arctic Lichens: 1. The Macrolichens. Columbia University Press, New York, 504 pages.   **[RLL List # 124-96 / Rec.# 18494] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Umbilicaria angulata: p. 441; sketches and distribution map for the American arctic: p. 442)

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Vernacular names edit

English: Navel lichen, asterisk rocktripe lichen