Alectoria sarmentosa

Alectoria sarmentosa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Parmeliaceae
Subfamilia: Parmelioideae
Genus: Alectoria
Species: Alectoria sarmentosa
Subspecies: A. s. subsp. sarmentosa – A. s. subsp. vexillifera

Name

Alectoria sarmentosa (Ach.) Ach., 1810

Basionym

• Lichen sarmentosa Ach., 1792

References

• Acharius, E. (1810) Lichenographia Universalis. Cum tab. aen. color. - Göttingen. 689 pp.   (Mattick Rec.# 30922 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (PDF file)

• LIAS

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

• List of British lichens and lichenicolous fungi

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Alectoria sarmentosa

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Alectoria sarmentosa

• Flechtenbilder (Lichen Images) by Ulrich Kirschbaum - Alectoria sarmentosa

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

• Lichen Gallery of Leif & Anita Stridvall - Alectoria sarmentosa

Vernacular names

English: Witch's hair
suomi: Korpiluppo