Hypogymnia canadensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lecanorales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lecanoromycetes Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae Ordo: Lecanorales

Familia: Parmeliaceae
Subfamilia: Parmelioideae
Genus: Hypogymnia
Species: Hypogymnia canadensis

Name

Hypogymnia canadensis Goward & McCune, 2007

Type: CANADA. British Columbia. Kispiox Valley, 36 km NNW of Kispiox, 55^o36'N, 127^o53'W, 750 m, interior cedar-hemlock zone/lower oroboreal subzone; open, humid toe position in degraded swamp; old-growth forest with Abies amabilis and Tsuga heterophylla; on branch of Tsuga, 23 Jun 1996, Goward 96-81 (UBC, holotype; OSC, UPS, isotypes).

Ecology and substrate: Hypogymnia canadensis occurs in cool, moist, conifer forests of the coastal mountains of western North America.

References

• Goward, T. and McCune, B. (2007) Hypogymnia canadensis (Parmeliaceae), a new lichen from the Pacific Coast of North America. The Bryologist 110(4): 808–811.   (RLL List # 209 / Rec.# 29534 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (JSTOR) (Black-and-white photos of Hypogymnia canadensis: p. 809, Figures 1-7)

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank