Usnea cristatula

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 cristatula

Name

Usnea cristatula Motyka, 1938

Substrate and ecology: On bark.

Synonymy

• Usnea grandisca Motyka

References

• Lich. Gen. Usnea Monogr., fasc. 3, 1938, p. 632 et 641.
• Motyka, J. (1938) Lichenum generis Usnea studium monographicum. Pars systematica, volumen secundum. Leopoli. 305-651 pp.
• 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. cristatula: p. 315)
• 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. (Description of U. cristatula: pp. 318-319; distribution map for Mexico: p. 314, fig 12d) [1]
• Index Fungorum
• North American Lichen Checklist
• Recent literature on lichens