Usnea cornuta subsp. brasiliensis

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 cornuta
Subspecies: Usnea cornuta subsp. brasiliensis

Name

Usnea cornuta subsp. brasiliensis (Zahlbr.) P.Clerc, 2004

Substrate and ecology: On bark.

Basionym: bornmulleri var. brasiliensis Zahlbr., 1909

Synonymy

• Usnea brasiliensis (Zahlbr.) Motyka

References

• P. Clerc, Biblioth. Lichenol. 88:81 (2004)
• Clerc, P. (2004) Notes on the genus Usnea Adanson. II. - In: Döbbeler, P/Rambold, G (eds.): Contributions to Lichenology. Festschrift in Honour of Hannes Hertel. Bibliotheca Lichenologica, J. Cramer in der Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin, Stuttgart, pp. 79-90.
• Clerc, P. (2007) Usnea (pp. 302-335) In: Nash III, T.H., Gries, C., and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 3. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 567 pages. (Description of U. cornuta subsp. brasiliensis: pp. 314-315)
• Herrera-Campos, M.A., Nash III, T.H. and Zambrano Garcia, A. (2001) Preliminary study of the Usnea fragilescens aggregate in Mexico. The Bryologist 104(2): 235–259. (Description of Usnea cornuta var. brasiliensis [as Usnea brasiliensis]: pp. 245-249; black-and-white photo of thallus base: p. 237, fig. 1c; black-and-white photos of branch segments: p. 238, fig. 2a & b; black-and-white photos of thallus variation: p. 241, fig. 5a-c; black-and-white photos of variation in soralia: p. 244, fig. 9a-c; black-and-white photos of longitudinal sections: p. 247; fig. 13b & c; distribution map for Mexico: p. 250, fig. 15a) [1]
• Index Fungorum

Vernacular names

English: Beard lichen