Physciella chloantha

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Physciaceae
Genus: Physciella
Species: Physciella chloantha

Name

Physciella chlorantha (Ach.) Essl., 1986

Substrate and ecology (Sonoran region:) On bark or wood, occasional on rock

World distribution: North America, Europe, Asia, east Africa

Basionym: Parmelia chloantha Ach., Syn. Meth. Lich.: 217 (1814)

Synonymy

• Phaeophyscia chloantha (Ach.) Moberg, 1978

References

• Essl., Mycologia 78 (1): 94 (1986)
• Esslinger, T.L. (1986) Studies in the lichen family Physciaceae. VII. The new genus Physciella. - Mycologia 78: 92–97.   (RLL List # 127-49 / Rec. # 5221 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Web site)
• Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Physciella (p. 560) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. (Description of Physciella chloantha and distribution map for North America: p. 560; color photo: p. 560, plate 675)
• Esslinger, T. L. (2004) Physciella (pp. 416–418) In: Nash III, T.H.; Ryan, B.D.; Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 532 pages.   (RLL List # 196 / Rec. # 25942 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Physciella chloantha and distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 417)
• Flenniken, D. (1999) Physciella Essl. (pp. 180–181) In The Macrolichens In West Virginia, 231 pages, 26 plates. (Published by D. Flenniken, 2273 Blachleyville Rd, Wooster, Ohio 44691)   (RLL List # 175 / Rec. # 5723 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Physciella chloantha: p. 180-181; color photo: plate 20, E)
• Hinds, J.W. and Hinds, P.L. (2007) Physciella Essl., 1986 (pp. 399–401) In, The Macrolichens of New England. - Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden No. 96. New York Botanical Garden Press, Bronx, New York. 584 pp.   (RLL List # 210 / Rec. # 30032 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Physciella chloantha: p. 400; color photo: p. 400, fig. 251)
• McCune, B. and Geiser, L. (2009) Physciella (p. 273) Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest. (Second Edition) Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, 464 pp.   (RLL List # 216 / Rec. # 31233 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Color photo of Physciella chloantha: p. 273)
• Moberg, R. (1978) Overlooked names and new combinations in Phaeophyscia (Lichenes). - Botaniska Notiser 131: 259–262.   (RLL List # 101-54 / Rec. # 12902 - Recent Literature on Lichens)
• Thomson, J.W. (2003) Physciella Essl. (pp. 186–187) In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages.   (RLL List # 190 / Rec. # 24161 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Physciella chloantha: p. 186)
• USDA Plants Database
• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#17) 16 May 2011
• Index Fungorum
• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos - Physciella chloantha

Vernacular names

English: Powdery-margined cryptic rosette lichen,   Cryptic rosette lichen,   Physciella