Placynthiella uliginosa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Agyriaceae
Genus: Placynthiella
Species: Placynthiella uliginosa

Name

Placynthiella uliginosa (Schrader) Coppins & P.James, 1984

Substrate and ecology: On acidic or peaty soil in open areas, also often on dead bark and wood, occasionally on bare sandy soil.

Basionym

• Lichen uliginosa Schrad., 1794

Synonyms

• Biatora uliginosa (Schrad.) Fr., 1826
• Biatora uliginosa var. humosa sensu auct. p.p., 2002
• Lecidea humosa sensu auct. p.p., 2002
• Lecidea humosa (Hoffm.) Leight.
• Lecidea uliginosa (Schrad.) Ach., 1803
• Lichen uliginosus Schrad., 1794
• Patellaria uliginosa (Schrad.) DC., 1805
• Saccomorpha uliginosa (Schrad.) Hafellner, 1984
• Verrucaria uliginosa (Schrad.) Hoffm., 1896

References

• Coppins & P. James Lichenologist 16: 245 (1984)

• Coppins, B.J. and James, P.W. (1984) New or interesting British lichens V. Lichenologist 16: 241–264. (Illustration of P. uliginosa: p. 242) [1]

• Dobson, F.S. (2000) (Fourth edition) Placynthiella (pp. 310-311) In, Lichens: An illustrated guide to the British and Irish species. The Richmond Publishing Co., Ltd., Slough, England, 431 pp. (Description, distribution map, and color photo of P. uliginosa: p. 311)

• Hafellner, J. (1984) Studien in Richtung einer natürlicheren Gliederung der Sammelfamilien Lecanoraceae und Lecideaceae. Beih. Nova Hedwigia 79: 241–371. (Illustration of P. uliginosa: p. 335)

• Laundon, J.R. (1960) Lichens new to the British flora: 2. - Lichenologist 1 (4): 158–168. [2]

• Moberg, R. and Holmåsen, I. (1982) Lavar. En Fälthandbok. Stockholm: Interpublishing, 240 pp. (Illustration of P. uliginosa: p. 125)

• Purvis, O.W. (1992) Placynthiella Elenkin (1909) (pp. 475-476) 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 P. uliginosa: p. 476)

• Ryan, B.D, Hertel, H. and Lendemer, J.C. (2004) Placynthiella (pp. 419-422) 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. (Description of P. uliginosa , and distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 422)

• Thomson, J.W. (1997) Placynthiella (pp. 473-475). In, American Arctic Lichens: 2. The Microlichens. The University of Wisconsin Press, 675 pages. (Description of P. uliginosa: pp. 473 & 475; distribution map for North America: p. 475)

• Thomson, J.W. (2003) Placynthiella (pp.188-189). In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages. (Description of P. uliginosa: p. 189)

• van Herk, K. and Aptroot, A. (2004) Placynthiella (pp. 306-311) In, Veldgids Korstmossen. Koninkliijke Nederlandse Natuurhistorische Vereniging, 423 pages; in Dutch. (Description of P. uliginosa: p. 310; color photo: p. 311)

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#14) 8 Oct 2008

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Placynthiella uliginosa

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Placynthiella uliginosa

• Lichen Gallery of Leif & Anita Stridvall - Placynthiella uliginosa

Vernacular names

English: Placynthiella lichen
Nederlands: Slijmige veenkorst