Xylographa crassithallia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Baeomycetales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lecanoromycetes Subclassis: Ostropomycetidae Order: Baeomycetales

Familia: Xylographaceae
Genus: Xylographa
Species: Xylographa crassithallia

Name

Xylographa crassithallina B.D. Ryan & T.H.Nash, 2004

Type: U.S.A. ARIZONA: Apache Co., Sunrise Ski Area, Fort Apache Reservation, 34^o01'N, 109^o37'W, 2800 m, on rotten wood, 29 Aug 1975, Nash 11694-a (ASU-holotype) (growing with Xylographa vitiligo [Nash 1194-b])

Substrate and ecology: On rotten wood, growing with Xylographa vitiligo, in spruce-fir communities

World and Sonoran distribution: Arizona 2800 m

Etymology: The species epithet refers to the thick thallus

References

• Ryan & T.H. Nash, Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region (Tempe) 2: 613 (2004)

• Ryan, B.D. (2004) Xylographa (pp. 612-616) In: Nash III, T.H.; Ryan, B.D.; Diederich, P.; Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 742 pages.   **[RLL List # 196 / Rec.# 25979] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discusson of Xylographa crassithallia: p. 613; black-and-white photo: p. 613, Fig. 77)

Links

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank