Usnea nashii

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 nashii

Name

Usnea nashii P.Clerc & Herrera-Campos, 1997

Etymology: Named for Dr. Thomas Hawkes Nash III, lichenologist and senior author of the three volumes of Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region.

Substrate and ecology: On rock.

References

• Clerc, P. and Herrera-Campos, M.A. (1997) Saxicolous species of Usnea subgenus Usnea (Lichenized Ascomycetes) in North America. The Bryologist 100(3): 281–301.   (RLL List # 168 / Rec.# 3361 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (PDF file) (JSTOR) (Description of U. nashii: pp. 293-295) (Black-and-white photos: p. 294, fig. 8a-d, thalle and branches; p. 291, fig. 5, distribution map for U. ammannii and U. nashii)

• 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. nashii: p. 326)

• USDA Plants Database

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank