Usnea intermedia

Taxonavigation edit

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

Usnea intermedia (A.Massal.) Jatta, 1909

Substrate and ecology: On bark, rarely on wood or rock; mainly on Quercus spp., Pinus spp., and Pseudotsuga.

Note: Illustrations as: Usnea arizonica and Usnea rigida

Basionym: Usnea barbata var. intermedia A.Massal., 1856

Jatta, A. (1909-11) Flora italica Cryptogama III Lichenes. - Tip. Cappelli\Rocca di S. Casciano. 958 pp. (Mattick Rec.# 23647 - Recent Literature on Lichens)

Clauzade, G. and Roux, C. (1985) Likenoj de Okcidenta Eúropo. Ilustrita determinlibro. Royan: Bull. Soc. Bot. du Centre-Ouest, N.S., num. spéc. 7: 1–893. (RLL List # 127-31 / Rec.# 3330 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Illustration of U. intermedia: fig. 385)

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. intermedia, and distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 323)

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) (Black-and-white photo of U. intermedia [as U. rigida]: p. 38, fig. 2)

Ozenda, P. and Clauzade, G. (1970) Les Lichens, Étude biologique et Flore illustrée. Paris: Masson & Cie, 801 pp. (RLL List # 77 / Rec.# 14113 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Illustration of U. intermedia: fig. 553)

Tavares, I.I. and Sanders, W.B. (1998) Preliminary report on the short, apotheciate taxa of Usnea in the southwestern United States, pp. 171-185 in Glenn, M.G., Harris, R.C., Dirig, R. and Cole, M.S. (eds) Lichenographia Thomsoniana: North American Lichenology in Honor of John W. Thomson. Ithaca, New York: Myxotaxon, Ltd. (RLL List # 171 / Rec.# 18321 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Black-and-white photos of Usnea intermedia [as U. arizonica])

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. arizonica, and distribution map for North America: p. 713; color photo: p. 713, plate 875)