Umbilicaria polyphylla

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Umbilicariaceae
Genus: Umbilicaria
Species: Umbilicaria polyphylla

Name

Umbilicaria polyphylla (L.) Baumg., 1790

Substrate and ecology: On siliceous rocks and boulders in the boreal or low alpine zone, usually under snow in winter

World distribution: Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and North and South America

Basionym

Lichen polyphyllus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1150 (1753)

Synonyms

Gyromium polyphyllum (L.) Wahlenb., 1812
Gyrophora anthracina (Wulfen) Körb., Syst. lich. germ. (Breslau): 99 (1855)
Gyrophora glabra (Ach.) Ach., Method. Lich.: 101 (1803)
Gyrophora glabra var. polyphylla (L.) Gray
Gyrophora polyphylla (L.) Funck, Cryptog. gerwachse 4: 4 (1804)
Gyrophora polyphylla f. glabra (Ach.) Th. Fr.
Gyrophora polyphylla f. lacera (Leight.) Hepp
Gyrophora polyphylla (L.) Funck, Cryptog. gerwachse 4: 4 (1804) f. polyphylla
Gyrophora polyphylla f. sulcata Turner, 1839
Gyrophora polyphylla var. congregata Turner & Borrer
Gyrophora polyphylla (L.) Funck, Cryptog. gerwachse 4: 4 (1804) var. polyphylla
Lecidea polyphylla (L.) Spreng., 1827
Lichen anthracinus Wulfen, in Jacquin, Miscell. austriac. 2: 84 (1781)
Lichen polyphyllus L., Sp. pl. 2: 1150 (1753)
Umbilicaria anthracina (Wulfen) Hoffm., Deutschl. Fl., Zweiter Theil (Erlangen): 110 (1796)
Umbilicaria glabra Ach., K. Vetensk-Acad. Nya Handl. 15: 95 (1794)
Umbilicaria polyphylla f. congregata (Turner & Borrer) Leight., Lich.-Fl. Great Brit.: 156 (1871)
Umbilicaria polyphylla f. glabra (Ach.) Stizenb.
Umbilicaria polyphylla f. lacera (Leight.) Leight., Lich.-Fl. Great Brit.: 156 (1871)
Umbilicaria polyphylla f. monophylla (Leight.) Leight., Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., Ser. 2 18: 279 (1856)
Umbilicaria polyphylla (L.) Baumg., Fl. Lips.: 571 (1790) f. polyphylla
Umbilicaria polyphylla f. sulcata (Turner) Leight., Lich.-Fl. Great Brit.: 156 (1871)
Umbilicaria polyphylla var. lacera (Leight.) Cromb.
Umbilicaria polyphylla (L.) Baumg., Fl. Lips.: 571 (1790) var. polyphylla
Umbilicaria varia f. congregata (Turner & Borrer) Leight., Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., Ser. 2 18: 279 (1856)
Umbilicaria varia f. lacera Leight.
Umbilicaria varia f. monophylla Leight.
Umbilicaria varia f. sulcata (Turner) Leight., Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., Ser. 2 18: 279 (1856)
Umbilicaria varia var. polyphylla (L.) Leight., Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., Ser. 2 18: 278 (1856)

References

Baumg., Fl. Lips.: 571 (1790)

Baumgarten, J.C.G. (1790) Flora Lipsiensis, sistens plantas circuli ipsici etc. cum tab. 2 aen. col. - Lipsiae. 1-741 + 3 pp. **[Mattick Rec.# 23195] - (Recent Literature on Lichens - Mattick No.)**

References

Acharius, E. 1794–1795. Nya och mindre kända Svenska Laf-arter, beskrifne. Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens nya Handlingar, Ser. 2, 15(2): 81–103, pl. II, 15(3): 176–194, pl. VI (1794), 16(1): 3–21, pl. I, 16(3): 127–142, pl. V, 16(4): 207–215, pl. VIII (1795). BHL BHL BHL BHL BHL Reference page.

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 polyphylla and distribution map for North America: p. 706; color photo: p. 707, plate 868)

Dobson, F.S. (2000) (Fourth edition) Umbilicaria (pp. 386-389) In, Lichens: An illustrated guide to the British and Irish species. The Richmond Publishing Co., Ltd., Slough, England, 431 pp. **[RLL List # 184 / Rec.# 22402] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Umbilicaria polyphylla, map and color photo: p. 387)

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 polyphylla: p. 554)

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 polyphylla: pp. 484-485; color photo: p. 484, fig. 316)

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 polyphylla and color photo: p. 351)

Purvis O.W. (1992) Umbilicaria Hoffm., 1789 (pp. 616-620) In: Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. and Moore, D.M. (eds.) The Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Natural History Museum Publication, 710 pp. **[RLL List # 151 / Rec.# 15105] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Umbilicaria polyphylla: 619)

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 polyphylla: p. 456; sketch and distribution map for the American arctic: p. 457)

Wirth, V. (1995) Umbilicaria Hoffm. (pp. 928-940) - Teil 2 - In, Die Flechten Baden-Württembergs, Teil 1 & 2. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart. 1006 pp.; in German. **[RLL List # 159 / Rec.# 20405] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Umbilicaria polyphylla and color photo: p. 936)

Links

USDA Plants Database

Checklist to Norwegian lichens

Checklist of the Lichens of Australia and its Island Territories

North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#16) 18 June 2010.

Index Fungorum

MycoBank

Links to photos

Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos - Umbilicaria polyphylla

A Flechtenbilder (Lichen Images) by Ulrich Kirschbaum - Umbilicaria polyphylla

The Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway (Photo Gallery) - Umbilicaria polyphylla

Lichen Gallery of Leif & Anita Stridvall - Umbilicaria polyphylla

Vernacular names

English: Petaled rock tripe lichen, Manyleaf navel lichen