Usnea angulata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Parmeliaceae
Subfamilia: Parmelioideae
Genus: Usnea
Species: Usnea angulata

Name

Usnea angulata Ach., 1814

Synonyms

• Usnea undulata Stirt., Scott. Naturalist (Perth) 7: 75 (1883), nom. illeg.
• Usnea torquescens Stirt., Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 30: 391 (1898)

References

• Acharius, Synopsis methodica lichenorum: 307 (1814)

• Acharius, E. (1814) Synopsis methodica lichenum, sistens omnes hujus ordinis naturalis detectas plantas, quas, secundum genera, species et varietates disposuit, characteribus et differentiis emendatis definivit, nec non synonymis et observationibus selectis illustravit auctor. Lund. 392 pp.   (Mattick Rec.# 30923 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (PDF file)

• Herrera-Campos, M.A., Clerc, P. and Nash III, T.H. (1998) Pendulous species of Usnea from temperate forests in Mexico. The Bryologist 101(2): 303–329.   (RLL List # 171 / Rec.# 8393 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (JSTOR) (Description of U. angulata: pp. 312-315; diagram of tranverse section of branch: p. 306, fig. 4e; black-and-white photo of segments of main branch: p. 307, fig 5d; black-and-white photos of soralia: p. 309, fig. 8i & j; distribution map for Mexico: p. 316, fig. 12j)

• Thomson, J.W. (2003) Usnea (pp.235-241). In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages. (Description of U. angulata: pp. 236-237)

• USDA Plants Database

• Checklist of Japanese lichens

• Checklist of the lichens of Australia and its island territories

• Stevens, G.N. (2004) Australian Lichens - Discussion of Usnea angulata

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#17) 16 May 2011

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Vernacular names

English: Beard lichen