Usnea cornuta

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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 cornuta
Subspecies: U. c. subsp. brasiliensis – U. c. subsp. cornuta

Name[edit]

Usnea cornuta Körb., 1859

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Körb., Parerg. Lich., 1859, p. 2.
  • Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Usnea (pp. 709-726) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. (Description of U. cornuta: pp. 715-716; distribution map for North America: p. 715; color photo: p. 716, plate 880)
  • 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. cornuta: pp. 313-314)
  • 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. cornuta: p. 393)
  • 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. cornuta: pp. 47-48)
  • Herrera-Campos, M.A., Nash III, T.H. and Zambrano Garcia, A. (2001) Preliminary study of the Usnea fragilescens aggregate in Mexico. The Bryologist 104(2): 235–259.   (RLL List # 184 / Rec.# 22189 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (JSTOR) (Description of U. cornuta: pp. 251-252; black- and white photo of thallus base: p. 237, fig. 1a; black-and-white photos of branch segments: p. 238, fig. 2c-e; black-and-white photos of thallus variation: p. 240, fig. 4a-e; black-and-white photos of soralia and isidia: p. 242, fig. 7a-c; black-and-white photos of variation in soralia: p. 243, fig. 8 a-e; black-and-white photos of longitudinal sections: p. 247; fig. 13a; distribution map for Mexico: p. 250, fig. 15c)
  • 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. cornuta: pp. 624-625)
  • 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. cornuta: p. 947)

Links to photos[edit]

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

Vernacular names[edit]

English: Inflated beard lichen,   Beard lichen