Usnea subfloridana

Usnea subfloridana

Taxonavigation edit

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 subfloridana

Name edit

Usnea subfloridana Stirt., 1882


Substratum: On bark (especially Quercus spp.), rarely on wood.

Synonymy edit

References edit

  • Stirton, J. Scottish Naturalist, vol. 6, 1882, p. 294.
  • 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)
  • 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. subfloridana: pp. 332-333; distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 333)
  • Dobson, F.S. (2000) (Fourth edition) Usnea (pp. 389-398) In, Lichens: An illustrated guide to the British and Irish species. The Richmond Publishing Co., Ltd., Slough, England, 431 pp. (Description, distribution map, and color photo of U. subfloridana: p. 398)
  • 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. subfloridana: pp. 56-57)
  • James, P.W., Clerc, P. and Purvis, O.W. (1992) Usnea (pp. 620-629) In: Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. and Moore, D.M. (eds.) The Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Natural History Museum Publication, 710 pp. (Description of U. subfloridana: pp. 628-629)
  • Ohmura, Y. and Kashiwadani, H. (2000) Usnea subfloridana Stirt. (Parmeliaceae) and its related species in eastern Asia. J. Jap. Bot. 75: 164–177.   (RLL List # 180 / Rec.# 21279 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Illustrations of U. subfloridana: figs. 1a, 1b, 2a)
  • St. Clair, L.L. (1999) Usnea (pp. 204-207) In, A color guidebook to common Rocky Mountain lichens. M.L. Bean Life Science Museum of Brigham Young University Publisher, 242 pp. (Description and color photo of U. subfloridana: p. 207)
  • Thomson, J.W. (1984) Usnea (pp. 461-470). In, American Arctic Lichens: 1. The Macrolichens. Columbia University Press, New York, 504 pages. (Description of U. subfloridana: pp. 468-469; illustration of the thallus, and distribution map for the Arctic: p. 469)
  • Thomson, J.W. (2003) Usnea (pp.235-241). In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages. (Description of U. subfloridana: p. 240)
  • van Herk, K. and Aptroot, A. (2004) Usnea (pp. 372-375) In, Veldgids Korstmossen. Koninkliijke Nederlandse Natuurhistorische Vereniging, 423 pages; in Dutch. (Description of U. subfloridana: p. 374; color photo: p. 375)
  • 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. subfloridana: p. 952; color photo: p. 952)

Links to photos edit

  • The Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway (Photo Gallery) - Usnea subfloridana

Vernacular names edit

English: Beard Lichen
suomi: Tukkanaava
Nederlands: Gewoon baardmos
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