Usnea glabrata

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 glabrata

Name

Usnea glabrata (Ach.) Vainio, 1915

Substrate and ecology: On bark of Quercus spp. and Pinus spp., and diverse scrubs.

Basionym: Usnea plicata var. glabrata Ach., 1810

Synonyms

• Usnea barbata var. sorediifera Arnold, 1875
• Usnea florida var. sorediifera (Arnold) Hue, 1930
• Usnea kujalae Räsänen
• Usnea plicata var. glabrata Ach., 1810
• Usnea sorediifera (Arnold) Lynge

References

• Wainio, In Annal. Acad. Sc. Fennic. Ser. A. vol. 6, no. 7, 1915, p. 7.

• Wainio, E.A. (1915) Additamentum ad lichenographiam Antillarum illustrandam. Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae A6, 7: 1–226.   (Mattick Rec.# 30477 - Mattick's Index on Lichens)

• Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Usnea (pp. 709-726) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. (Description of U. glabrata: p. 719; color photo: p. 719, plate 885)

• 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. glabrata, and distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 320)

• Halonen, P., Clerc, P., Goward, T., Brodo, I.M. and Wulff, K. (1998) Synopsis of the genus Usnea (lichenized Ascomycetes) in British Columbia, Canada. The Bryologist 101(1): 36–60.   (RLL List # 170 / Rec.# 7545 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (PDF file) (JSTOR) (Description of U. glabrata: p. 50)

• Halonen, P., Myllys, L., Ahti, T. and Petrova, O.V. (1999) The lichen genus Usnea in East Fennoscandia. III. The shrubby species. Annales Botanici Fennici 36: 235–256.   (RLL List # 179 / Rec.# 7548 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Web site) (Illustration of U. glabrata: p. 244)

• 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. glabrata: pp. 254-255; black-and-white photos of soralia: p. 244, fig. 11a & b; black-and-white photo of longitudinal section: p. 247; fig. 13i; distribution map for Mexico: p. 251, fig. 15g)

• James, P.W., Clerc, P. and Purvis, O.W. (1992) Usnea (pp. 620-629) In: Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. and Moore, D.M. (eds.) The Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Natural History Museum Publication, 710 pp. (Description of U. glabrata: p. 627)

• Krog, H., Østhagen, H. and Tønsberg, T. (1994) Lavflora. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 368 pp.   (RLL List # 161 / Rec.# 10475 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Illustration of U. glabrata: p. 304)

• Thomson, J.W. (1984) Usnea (pp. 461-470). In, American Arctic Lichens: 1. The Macrolichens. Columbia University Press, New York, 504 pages. (Description of U. glabrata: p. 464; distribution map for the Arctic: p. 466; illustration of thallus: p. 467)

• Thomson, J.W. (2003) Usnea (pp.235-241). In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages. (Description of U. glabrata: pp. 237-238)

• Wirth, V. (1995) Usnea (pp. 940-953 - Teil 2) In, Die Flechten Baden-Württembergs, Teil 1 & 2. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart. 1006 pp.; in German. (Description of U. glabrata: p. 949)

• USDA Plants Database

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

• of British Lichens & Lichenicolous Fungi}}

• Checklist of Japanese Lichens

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Usnea glabrata

Vernacular names

English: Lustrous Beard Lichen
suomi: Kiiltonaava