Physcia stellaris

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Physcia stellaris (L.) Nyl., 1856

Substrate and ecology (Sonoran region:) Growing on trees in open situations

World distribution: Widely distributed species within the arctic, boreal and temperate vegetation zones; Sonoran region

Basionym: Lichen stellaris L., Spec. Plant. 1144 (1753)

Synonyms:

Anaptychia stellaris (L.) A. Massal., 1853
Borrera stellaris (L.) Mudd, 1861
Dimelaena stellaris (L.) Norman, 7: 231 (1853)
Geissodea stellaris (L.) J. St.-Hil., 1805
Hagenia stellaris (L.) De Not., 2 (1): 185 (1846)
Imbricaria stellaris (L.) DC., in Lamarck & de Candolle (1805)
Lichen stellaris L., Sp. pl. 2: 1144 (1753)
Lobaria stellaris (L.) Hoffm., 1796
Parmelia stellaris (L.) Ach., Method. Lich.: 209 (1803)
Parmelia stellaris var. rosulata Ach.
Parmelia stellaris (L.) Ach., 1803 var. stellaris
Physcia stellaris f. rosulata (Ach.) Nyl., Not. Sällsk. Fauna et Fl. Fenn. Förh. 5: 111 (1861)
Squamaria stellaris (L.) Frege, 1812
Xanthoria stellaris (L.) Horw., 1912

Zahlbruckner, A. Catalogus Lichenum Universalis 7 , 1930-1931, page 681
- Physcia stellaris Nyl. in Act. Soc. Linn. Bordeaux, vol. XXI, 1856, p. 307.

Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Physcia (pp. 546-560) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. (Description of Physcia stellaris and distribution map for North America: p. 558; color photo: p. 558, plate 672)

Coppins, B.J. (1992) Physcia (Schreber) Michaux, 1803 (pp. 467-470) 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 Physcia stellaris: p. 469)

Dobson, F.S. (2000) (Fourth edition) Physcia (pp. 300-306) In, Lichens: An illustrated guide to the British and Irish species. The Richmond Publishing Co., Ltd., Slough, England, 431 pp. (Description, and distribution map of Physcia stellaris: p. 305)

Flenniken, D. (1999) Physcia (Schreber) Michaux (pp. 174-180) In The Macrolichens In West Virginia, 231 pages, 26 plates. (Published by D. Flenniken, 2273 Blachleyville Rd, Wooster, Ohio 44691) (Description of Physcia stellaris: p. 179; color photo: plate 20, C)

Hinds, J.W. and Hinds, P.L. (2007) Physcia (Schreb.) Michx., 1803 (pp. 388-399) In, The Macrolichens of New England. - Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden No. 96. New York Botanical Garden Press, Bronx, New York. 584 pp. (Description of Physcia stellaris: pp. 397-398; color photo: p. 397, fig. 248)

Moberg, R. (1997) The lichen genus Physcia in the Sonoran Desert and adjacent regions. -In: Tibell, L. and Hedberg, I. (eds.): Lichen Studies Dedicated to Rolf Santesson. Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, Uppsala, pp. 163-186. (RLL List # 170 / Rec. # 12933 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Illustration of Physcia stellaris: p. 72)

Moberg, R. (2002) Physcia (pp. 358-373) In: Nash III, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 1. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 532 pages. (RLL List # 187 / Rec. # 23100 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Physcia stellaris: pp. 370-371; distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 371)

St. Clair, L.L. (1999) Physcia (Schreb.) Michx. (pp. 143-149) In, A color guidebook to common Rocky Mountain lichens. M.L. Bean Life Science Museum of Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, Publisher, 242 pp. (RLL List # 180 / Rec. # 21417 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Physcia stellaris and color photo: p. 149)

Thomson, J.W. (2003) Physcia (Schreber) Michaux (pp. 182-186) In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages. (RLL List # 190 / Rec. # 24161 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Physcia stellaris: p. 185)

van Herk, K. and Aptroot, A. (2004) Physcia (Schreber) Michaux (pp. 296-303) In, Veldgids Korstmossen. Koninkliijke Nederlandse Natuurhistorische Vereniging, 423 pages; in Dutch. (RLL List # 196 / Rec. # 26085 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Physcia stellaris: p. 300; color photo: p. 301}}

Wirth, V. (1995) Physcia (Schreber) Michaux (pp. 724-735) - Teil 2) In, Die Flechten Baden-Württembergs, Teil 1 & 2. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart. 1006 pp.; in German. (RLL List # 159 / Rec. # 20405 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Physcia stellaris and color photo: p. 734)

The Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway (Photo Gallery) - Physcia stellaris

English: Star rosette lichen, Starry rosette lichen
Nederlands: Groot vingermos