Buellia elegans

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Caliciaceae
Genus: Buellia
Species: Buellia elegans

Name

Buellia elegans Poelt, 1974

Vernacular names

English: Elegant disc lichen

Distribution

Europe

• Italy

References

• Poelt, Nova Hedwigia 25(1-2): 184 (1974)

• Poelt, J. and Sulzer, M. (1974) Die Erdflechte Buellia epigaea, eine Sammelart. Nova Hedwigia 25: 173–194.   (RLL List # 94 / Rec. # 14770 - Recent Literature on Lichens)

• Thomson, J.W. (1997) Buellia (pp. 123-141). In, American Arctic Lichens: 2. The Microlichens. The University of Wisconsin Press, 675 pages.   (RLL List # 170 / Rec. # 18517 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description, distribution map and illustration of Buellia elegans: pp. 129-130)

Links

• USDA Plants Database
• North American Lichen Checklist (June 2008)
• Index Fungorum
• MycoBank

Photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Buellia elegans

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