Usnea michauxii

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 michauxii

Name

Usnea michauxii I.I.Tav., 1987

Synonyms

• Usnea florida var. intermedia Michx., 1803
• Usnea intermedia Jatta, 1909

References

• Tavares, I.I. (1987) The taxa of Usnea (Lichenes) described by Michaux from eastern North America. - Mycotaxon 30: 39–68.   (RLL List # 133 / Rec.# 18323 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Web site)

• Truong, C.; Bungartz, F. and Clerc, P. (2011) The lichen genus Usnea (Parmeliaceae) in the tropical Andes and the Galapagos: species with a red-orange cortical or subcortical pigmentation. The Bryologist 114(3): 477–503.   (RLL List # 225 / Rec.# 33315 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-114.3.477) (JSTOR) (Discussion of Usnea michauxii: p. 491; Fig. 8H)

• USDA Plants Database

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Vernacular names

English: Michaux's beard lichen