Phlyctis argena

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Phlyctidaceae
Genus: Phlyctis
Species: Phlyctis argena

Name

Phlyctis argena (Sprengel) Flotow, 1850

Substrate and ecology: On bark (Quercus, Lithocarpus)

World distribution: Africa (the Canary Islands), Asia, Europe, and North America)

Basionym

• Lepraria argena Ach., 1798

Synonyms

• Lecidea argena (Ach.) Ach., 1803
• Lepraria argena Ach., Lich. suec. prodr. (Linköping): 8 (1798)
• Lichen argenus (Ach.) Sm. & Sowerby, 1808
• Parmelia argena (Ach.) Spreng., Syst. veg., Edn 16 4 (1 Lichenes): 300 (1827)
• Pertusaria reducta Stirt., Scott. Natural. 4: 27 (1878) [1877-78]
• Phlyctis argena f. erythrosora (Erichsen) Almb., 1952
• Phlyctis erythrosora Erichsen, Annls mycol. 37: 75 (1939)
• Thelotrema argenum (Ach.) Hepp, 1860
• Urceolaria argena (Ach.) Balb., 1828
• Variolaria argena (Ach.) Turner, Lich. Brit.: 75 (1839)

References

• Flot., Bot. Ztg. 8: 572 (1850)

• Flotow, J. von (1850) Lichenologische Beiträge zur Flora Europaea. - Botanische Zeitung (Berlin)\Bot. Zeitung 8: 537–542, 553-559, 569-575. (Mattick's Literature Index)

• Brodo, I.M.; Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Phlyctis (pp. 545-546) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. (Description of Phlyctis argena: pp. 545-546; ;distribution map for North America: p. 545; color photo: p. 545, plate 656)

• Dobson, F.S. (2000) (Fourth edition) Phlyctis (pp. 299-300) In, Lichens: An illustrated guide to the British and Irish species. The Richmond Publishing Co., Ltd., Slough, England, 431 pp. (Discussion of Phlyctis argena: pp. 299-300; map, and color photo: p. 300)

• James, P.W. and Hitch, C.J.B. (1992) Phlyctis Wallr.. (1825) (pp. 465-466) 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. (Discussion of Phlyctis argena: pp. 465-466)

• Thomson, J.W. (2003) Phlyctis Wallr. (p. 181) In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages. (Discussion of Phlyctis argena: p. 181)

• Tønsberg, T. (2004) Phlyctis (pp. 415-416) 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. (Discussion of Phlyctis argena: pp. 415-416; distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 416)

• van Herk, K. and Aptroot, A. (2004) Phlyctis (Wallr.) Flotow (pp. 296-297) In, Veldgids Korstmossen. Koninkliijke Nederlandse Natuurhistorische Vereniging, 423 pages; in Dutch. (Discussion of Phlyctis argena: p. 296; color photo: p. 297)

• Wirth, V. (1995) Phlyctis (Wallr.) Flotow (pp. 720-723) - Teil 2 - In, Die Flechten Baden-Württembergs, Teil 1 & 2. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart. 1006 pp.; in German. (Discussion of Phlyctis argena: pp. 721 & 723; color photo: p. 722)

• Checklist to Norwegian lichens

• List of British Lichens & Lichenicolous Fungi

• USDA Plants Database

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Phlyctis argena

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos - Phlyctis argena

• A Flechtenbilder (Lichen Images) by Ulrich Kirschbaum - Phlyctis argena

• The Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, Univ. of Olso, Norway - Phlyctis argena

• Lichen Gallery of Leif & Anita Stridvall - Phlyctis argena

• Irish lichens (photos and descriptions) - Phlyctis argena

• British Lichens (photo by M. Sutcliffe) - Phlyctis argena

• Alan Silverside's Lichen Pages - Phlyctis argena

• P Base Galleries (photo by Sture Hermansson) - Phlyctis argena

• Fotografia przyrodnicza - Phlyctis argena

Vernacular names

English: Blemished lichen
Nederlands: Lichtvlekje