Usnea lutii

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 lutii

Name

Usnea lutii J.M.Rodr. & P. Clerc, 2011

MycoBank No.: MB 519179

Etymology: The specific epithet honors Professor Ricardo Luti from the University of Córdoba. He was the first researcher to study the vegetation where Usnea lutii grows.

References

• Rodriguez, J.M.; Estrabou, C.; Truong, C. and Clerc, P. (2011) The saxicolous species of the genus Usnea subgenus Usnea (Parmeliaceae) in Argentina and Uruguay. The Bryologist 114(3): 504–525.   (RLL List # 225 / Rec.# 33316 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (JSTOR) (Discussion of Usnea lutii: p. 520; Fig. 7)