Taxonavigation

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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 mutabilis

Name

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Usnea mutabilis Stirt., 1881

Substrate and ecology: On bark, rarely on rock; on Quercus spp. and diverse shrubs.

Synonymy

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References

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  • Stirton, J. Scottish Natural., vol. 6, 1881, p. 107.
  • Stirton, J. (1881) On the genus Usnea and a new genus allied to it. - Scottish Naturalist 6: 100–107.   (Mattick Rec.# 30097 - 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. mutabilis, and distribution map for North America: p. 723; color photo: p. 723, plate 890)
  • 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. mutabilis: pp. 324-325; distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 325)
  • Hale, M.E. (1979) How to know the Lichens. 2nd edn. Dubuque: W.C. Brown, 246 pages. (Illustration of U. mutabilis: p. 216)
  • Thomson, J.W. (2003) Usnea (pp.235-241). In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages. (Description of U. mutabilis: p. 239)
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Vernacular names

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English: Bloody beard lichen;   Beard lichen