Phaeophyscia culbersonii
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Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Caliciales |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Physciaceae
Genus: Phaeophyscia
Species: Phaeophyscia culbersonii
Name
[edit]Phaeophyscia culbersonii Essl., 2004
Diagnosis: Thallus foliosus, sorediatus; subtus albus velpallido-brunnescens; conidia plus minusve cylindrica, 7-12 x <1 µm.
Type: MEXICO. Puebla: 10 km S of Coxcatlán. On a columnar cactus. Culberson 16,444 (DUKE-holotype).
Substrate and ecology (Sonoran region:) Usually on bark or cactus stems, less often on rock.
Etymology: Named to honor lichenologist William Louis Culberson.
References
[edit]- Esslinger, T.L. (2004) Phaeophyscia (pp. 403-414) 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. (RLL List # 196 / Rec. # 25940 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Phaeophyscia culbersonii: pp. 406-407; black-and-white photos of thalli: p. 406, figs. 53 & 54)