Physciella nepalensis

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 nepalensis

Name

Physciella nepalensis (Poelt) Essl., 1986

Substrate and ecology (Sonoran region:) Usually on bark, occasional on rock

World distribution: North America and Eurasia

Basionym: Physcia nepalensis Poelt, 1974

Synonymy

• Phaeophyscia nepalensis (Poelt) D.D. Awasthi, J. Hattori bot. Lab. 65: 208 (1988) [1989]   (Source: North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#17) 16 May 2011)

References

• Essl., Mycologia 78 (1): 96 (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)

• 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 nepalensis and distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 418)

• D.D. Awasthi, J. Hattori bot. Lab. 65: 208 (1989)

• Awasthi, D.D. (1988) A key to the macrolichens of India and Nepal. - Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 65: 207–302.   (RLL List # 136 / Rec. # 1307 - Recent Literature on Lichens)

• USDA Plants Database

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Vernacular names

English: Nepal physciella