Lepraria incana

Lepraria incana

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Stereocaulaceae
Genus: Lepraria
Species: Lepraria incana

Name

Lepraria incana (L.) Ach., 1803

Basionym: Byssus incana L., 1753

Substratum: On bark, including Quercus agrifolia and Lithocarpus densiflorus.

Synonyms

• Byssus incana L., 1753
• Crocynia aeruginosa sensu auct. brit. p.p., 2002
• Crocynia tephra Hue
• Lecidea incana (L.) Ach., 1814
• Lepraria aeruginosa auct.

References

• Ach., Methodus: 4 (1803)
• Acharius, E. (1803) Methodus qua omnes detectos lichenes secundum organa carpomorpha ad genera, species et varietates redigere atque observationibus illustrare tentavit Erik Acharius (Methodus Lichenum). Cum tab. aen. - Stockholm. [1]
• Dobson, F.S. (2000) (Fourth edition) Lepraria (pp. 210-213) 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 Lepraria incana: p. 211)
• Laundon, J.R. (1992) Lepraria Ach. (1803) (pp. 344-347) 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 L. incana: p. 346)
• Thomson, J.W. (2003) Lepraria (pp.130-132). In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages. (Description of L. incana: p. 131)
• Tønsberg, T. (2004) Lepraria (pp. 322-329) In: Nash III, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Diederich, P., Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 742 pages. (Description of L. incana: pp. 325-326)
• van Herk, K. and Aptroot, A. (2004) Lepraria (pp. 232-235) In, Veldgids Korstmossen. Koninkliijke Nederlandse Natuurhistorische Vereniging, 423 pages; in Dutch. (Description of L. incana: p. 232; color photo: p. 233)
• Wirth, V. (1995) Lepraria (pp. 535-542 - Teil 2) In, Die Flechten Baden-Württembergs, Teil 1 & 2. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart. 1006 pp.; in German. (Description of Lepraria incana: p. 541; color photo: p. 538 & p. 541)
• LIAS
• USDA Plants Database
• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#14) 8 Oct 2008
• Index Fungorum
• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Lepraria incana
• Flechtenbilder (Lichen Images) by Ulrich Kirschbaum - Lepraria incana
• The Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway (Photo Gallery) - Lepraria incana
• Irish lichens (photos and descriptions) - Lepraria incana

Vernacular names

English: Dust lichen
Nederlands: Gewone poederkorst