Melanohalea elegantula

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Parmeliaceae
Subfamilia: Parmelioideae
Genus: Melanohalea
Species: Melanohalea elegantula

Name

Melanohalea elegantula (Zahlbr.) O.Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch, 2004

Basionym: Parmelia aspidota var. elegantula Zahlbr.

Synonyms

• Melanelia elegantula (Zahlbr.) Essl., Mycotaxon 7(1): 47 (1978)
• Melanelia elegantula (Zahlbr.) Essl., Mycotaxon 7'(1): 47 (1978) var. elegantula
• Melanelia incolorata (Parrique) Essl., in Egan, Bryologist 90(2): 163 (1987)
• Parmelia aspidota var. elegantula Zahlbr.
• Parmelia elegantula (Zahlbr.) Szatala, 1930
• Parmelia exasperatula var. elegantula (Zahlbr.) Zahlbr., 1929

References

• Blanco, O.; Crespo, A.; Divakar, P.K.; Esslinger, T.L.; Hawksworth, D.L. and Lumbsch, H.T. (2004) Melanelixia and Melanohalea, two new genera segregated from Melanelia (Parmeliaceae) based on molecular and morphological data. - Mycological Research 108(8): 873–884.   (RLL List # 197 / Rec.# 26150 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (PDF file)

• Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Melanelia (pp. 430-441) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. (Description of Melanohalea elegantula: pp. 433-434; distribution map for North America: p. 433; color photo: p. 433, plate 495 [as Melanelia elegantula])

• Dobson, F.S. (2000) (Fourth edition) Parmelia (pp. 255-277) In, Lichens: An illustrated guide to the British and Irish species. The Richmond Publishing Co., Ltd., Slough, England, 431 pp. (Description of Melanohalea elegantula: pp. 263-264; color photo and map: p. 264 [as Parmelia elegantula])

• Esslinger, T.L. (2002) Melanelia (pp. 274-286) 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 Melanohalea elegantula: pp. 277-278. [as Melanelia elegantula])

• McCune, B. and Geiser, L. (2009) Melanohalea (pp. 200-204) Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest. (Second Edition) Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, 464 pp. (Description of Melanohalea elegantula, illustration of isidia and color photos: p. 200)

• Purvis, O.W. and James, P.W. (1992) Parmelia Ach., 1803 (pp. 421-437) 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 Melanohalea elegantula: p. 434 [as Parmelia elegantula])

• Thomson, J.W. (1984) Parmelia Ach. (pp. 295-318). In, American Arctic Lichens: 1. The Macrolichens. Columbia University Press, New York, 504 pages. (Description of Melanohalea elegantula: p. 298; distribution map for the North American Arctic: p.300 [as Parmelia elegantula])

• van Herk, K. and Aptroot, A. (2004) Melanelia Essl. (pp. 242-247) In, Veldgids Korstmossen. Koninkliijke Nederlandse Natuurhistorische Vereniging, 423 pages; in Dutch. (Description of Melanohalea elegantula: pp. 242 & 244; color photo: p. 243 [as Melanelia elegantula])

• Wirth, V. (1995) Melanelia Essl. (pp. 649-656) - Teil 2) In, Die Flechten Baden-Württembergs, Teil 1 & 2. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart. 1006 pp.; in German. (Description of Melanohalea elegantula: p. 651 [as Parmelia elegantula])

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

• LIAS

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos - Melanohalea elegantula

• A Flechtenbilder (Lichen Images) by Ulrich Kirschbaum - Melanohalea elegantula

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

Vernacular names

English: Elegant camouflage lichen
Nederlands: Sierlijk schildmos