Usnea dasaea

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 dasaea

Usnea dasaea Stirt., 1881 (Source: Clerc, 2007)

Substrate and ecology: Mainly on bark, rarely on wood or rock.

Usnea spinulifera Vain. Motyka, 1933 (Source: Clerc & Herrera-Campos, 1997)
Usnea dolosa Motyka, 1960 (Source: Clerc & Herrera-Campos, 1997)
Usnea galbinifera Asahina, 1963 (Source: Clerc & Herrera-Campos, 1997)
Usnea spinigera Asahina, 1956 (Source: Clerc & Herrera-Campos, 1997)
Usnea spinigera f. subnuda Asahina, 1956 (Source: Clerc & Herrera-Campos, 1997)
Usnea undulata Stirt., Scott. Naturalist (Perth) 6: 104 (1881) (Source: Clerc & Herrera-Campos, 1997)

Stirton, J. (1881) On the genus Usnea and a new genus allied to it. Scottish Naturalist 6: 100–107. (Mattick Rec.# 30097 - Recent Literature on Lichens)

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. (RLL List # 210 / Rec.# 29910 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (PDF file) (Description of U. dasaea: pp. 315-316; distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 315)

Clerc, P. and Herrera-Campos, M.A. (1997) Saxicolous species of Usnea subgenus Usnea (Lichenized Ascomycetes) in North America. The Bryologist 100(3): 281–301. (RLL List # 168 / Rec.# 3361 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (PDF file) (JSTOR) (Description of U. dasaea: pp. 295-299; black-and-white photos of thalle: p. 297, fig. 9a-c; black-and-white photos of branches: p. 298, fig. 10a-d; distribution map for North America: p. 299, fig. 11)

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. (RLL List # 184 / Rec.# 22189 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (JSTOR) (Description of U. dasaea: pp. 252-253; distribution map for Mexico: p. 250, fig. 15d)