Hypotrachyna pulvinata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Parmeliaceae
Subfamilia: Parmelioideae
Genus: Hypotrachyna
Species: Hypotrachyna pulvinata

Name

Hypotrachyna pulvinata (Fée) Hale, 1975

Substrate and ecology (Sonoran region): On hardwood bark, particularly smooth barked Quercus species, in montane forests.

Basionym

• Parmelia pulvinata Fée, 1824

References

• Hale, Smithson. Contr. bot. 25: 59 (1975)

• Hale, M.E., Jr. (1975) A revision of the lichen genus Hypotrachyna (Parmeliaceae) in tropical America. - Smithsonian Contrib. Bot. 25: 1–73.   (RLL List # 93-43 / Rec.# 7472 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Web site) (Illustration of H. pulvinata: p. 61)

• Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Hypotrachyna (pp. 356-360) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. (Description of H. pulvinata and distribution map for North America: p. 359; color photo: p. 359, plate 393)

• Nash III, T.H.; Sipman, H.G.M. and Elix, J.A. (2002) Hypotrachyna (pp. 238-251) 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. (Description of H. pulvinata: pp. 248-249; distribution map for North America: p. 248)

• LIAS

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#14) 8 Oct 2008

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Hypotrachyna pulvinata

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Hypotrachyna pulvinata

• Flechtenbilder (Lichen Images) by Ulrich Kirschbaum - Hypotrachyna pulvinata

Vernacular names

English: Smooth loop lichen,   Hypotrachyna lichen