Placynthiella icmalea

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 icmalea

Name

Placynthiella icmalea (Ach.) Coppins & P.James, 1984

Basionym: Lecidea icmalea Ach., 1808

Substratum: On dead bark and wood, stumps, rotting fence posts, plant debris, tree roots, shaded siliceous rocks and humus rich soils.

Synonyms

• Biatora fuliginea (Ach.) Fr., 1824
• Biatora uliginosa var. fuliginea (Ach.) Fr., 1831
• Lecidea fuliginea Ach., 1814
• Lecidea icmalea Ach., 1808
• Lecidea uliginosa sensu auct. brit. p.p., 2002
• Pannularia perfurfurea Nyl., 1900
• Parmeliella corallinoides f. perfurfurea (Nyl.) Gyeln., 1935
• Parmeliella perfurfurea (Nyl.) Zahlbr., 1925
• Patellaria fuliginea (Ach.) Spreng., 1827
• Placynthiella perfurfurea (Nyl.) Gyeln., 1939
• Saccomorpha icmalea (Ach.) Clauzade & Cl.Roux, 1985

References

• Coppins & P. James (1984) Lichenologist 16 (3): 244.
• Coppins, B.J. and James, P.W. (1984) New or interesting British lichens V. Lichenologist 16 (3): 241–264. (Illlustration of P. icmalea: 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. icmalea: p. 310)
• John, V. (1990) Atlas der Flechten in Rheinland-Pfalz. Beitr. Landespfl. Rheinland-Pfalz 13: 1–276. (Illustration of P. icmalea: p. 236)
• Puntillo, D. (1996) I Licheni di Calabria. Monografie XXII. Torino: Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, 229 pp.
• 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. icmalea: p. 475)
• 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. icmalea: pp. 420-421; distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 421)
• Thomson, J.W. (2003) Placynthiella (pp.188-189). In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages. (Description of P. icmalea: 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. icmalea: p. 308; color photo: p. 309)
• Index Fungorum
• USDA Plants Database
• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#14) 8 Oct 2008

Links to photos

• Flechtenbilder (Lichen Images) by Ulrich Kirschbaum - Placyntiella icmalea

• Lichen Gallery of Leif & Anita Stridvall - Placynthiella icmalea

Vernacular names

English: Placynthiella lichen
Nederlands: Bruine veenkorst