Umbilicaria phaea

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 phaea

Name

Umbilicaria phaea Tuck., 1866

Substrate and ecology: On siliceous boulders in very xeric microhabitats

World distribution: Western North and South America

Synonymy

• Gyrophora phaea (Tuck.) Nyl.

References

Primary references

• Tuck., Lich. Calif.: 15 (1866)

• Tuckerman, E. (1866) Lichenes of California, Oregon and the Rocky Mountains; so far as yet known. With an appendix. - J.S. & C. Adams\Amherst.   **[Mattick Rec.# 30342] - (Recent Literature on Lichens - Mattick No.)**

References

• 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 phaea and distribution map for North America: p 706; color photo: p. 706, plate 867)

• 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 phaea and distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 554)

• 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 phaea: plate 23: 1–3)

• 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 phaea var. coccinea and color photos: p. 350)

• 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 phaea: p. 455-456; distribution map for the American arctic: p. 455)

Links

• USDA Plants Database

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos - Umbilicaria phaea

• U.S. Forest Service, Lichen Biology - Umbilicaria phaea

Vernacular names

English: Emery rock tripe,   Navel lichen