Usnea strigosa

Usnea strigosa

Taxonavigation

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 strigosa
Subspecies: U. s. subsp. major – U. s. subsp. rubiginea – U. s. subsp. strigosa

Name

Usnea strigosa (Ach.) Eaton, 1829

Basionym: Usnea florida var. strigosa Ach., 1803

References

• Eaton, Manual of Botan., edit. 5., 1829, p. 431.

• Eaton, (1829) A Manual of Botany for the Northern and Middle States ed. 5.

• 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. strigosa: pp. 724-725; distribution map for North America: p. 724; color photo: p. 725, plate 893)

• 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. strigosa: p. 331)

• Hale, M.E. (1979) How to know the Lichens. 2nd edn. Dubuque: W.C. Brown, 246 pages. (Black-and-white photo of U. strigosa, and distribution map for U.S: page 215, fig. 429)

• Thomson, J.W. (2003) Usnea (pp.235-241). In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages. (Description of U. "strigosa" sensu: p. 240)

• USDA Plants Database

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Usnea strigosa

Vernacular names

English: Bushy beard lichen,   Strigose beard lichen