Usnea longissima

Taxonavigation

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

Usnea longissima Ach., Lichenogr. Universalis.: 626 (1810). [MycoBank #356462]

Parmelia coralloidea [var.] longissima (Ach.) Eschw. in Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 1(1): 230 (1833).

Usnea barbata γ.[=var.] longissima (Ach.) Schaer., Enum. Crit. Lich. Europ.: 3 (1850). [MycoBank #587053]

Dolichousnea longissima (Ach.) Articus, Taxon 53(4): 932 (2004). [MycoBank #371241]

Acharius, E. 1810. Lichenographia Universalis. In qua Lichenes omnes detectos, adiectis observationibus et figuris horum vegetabilium naturam et organorum carpomorphorum structuram illustrantibus, ad genera, species, varietates differentiis et observationibus sollicite definitas.: 1–696, pl. 1–14. BHL Reference page.
Articus, K. 2004. Neuropogon and the phylogeny of Usnea s.l. (Parmeliaceae, Lichenized Ascomycetes). Taxon 53(4): 925–934. DOI: 10.2307/4135560 . ResearchGate . RLL (PDF) Reference page.
Eschweiler, F.G. 1833. Lichenes. In Martius, Flora Brasiliensis seu Enumeratio Plantarum in Brasilia tam sua sponte quam accedente cultura provenientium. 1(1): 51–293. J.G. Cottae, Stuttgartiae. BHL Reference page.
Schaerer, L.E. 1850. Enumeratio Critica Lichenum Europaeorum.: [I]–XXXVI + 1–327 + pls. 1–10. Officina Staempfliana, Bernae. BHL Reference page.
Sprengel, K.P.J. 1827. Systema Vegetabilium, editio decima sexta (ed. 16). 4(1): 1–592, 4(2): 1–410. Librariae Dieterichianae, Gottingae. BHL Reference page.

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. longissima: pp. 721-722; distribution map for North America: p. 721; page-size color photo: p. 722, plate 889)

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. longissima: p. 53; black-and-white photo of thallus with long fibrils: p. 38, fig. 4; distribution map for British Columbia: p. 43, fig. 19)

Jansson, K.U.; Palmqvist, K. and Esseen, P.-A. (2009) Growth of the old forest lichen Usnea longissima at forest edges. The Lichenologist 41(6): 663–672. (RLL List # 217 / Rec.# 30964 - Recent Literature on Lichens)(doi:10.1017/S0024282909008536)

Thomson, J.W. (2003) Usnea (pp.235-241). In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages. (Description of U. longissima: p.239)

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. longissima: p. 951; color photo: p. 941)

English: Methuselah's Beard Lichen
suomi: Rihmanaava
日本語: ナガサルオガセ
한국어: 실송라

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