Lepraria nivalis

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Lepraria nivalis J.R.Laundon, 1992

Substrate and ecology: On rocks, including granite, sandstone, rhyolite, basalt, and often on cliff-faces.

Replaced synonym: Lepraria murorum de Lesd., 1949
Competing synonym: non Lepraria murorum Hook., 1833

J.R. Laundon, Lichenologist 24: 327 (1992)
Laundon, J.R. (1992a) Lepraria in the British Isles. Lichenologist 24: 315–350.
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 black-and-white photo of Lepraria nivalis: p. 213)
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. nivalis: pp. 346-347)
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. nivalis and distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 327)
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 nivalis: pp. 541-542)
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