Psora brunneocarpa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Psoraceae
Genus: Psora
Species: Psora brunneocarpa

Name

Psora brunneocarpa Timdal, 2002

Diagnosis: Squamae ad 3 mm latae, adnatae vel partim adscendentes, olivaceae vel brunneae epruinosae. Apothecia ad 1.5 mm lata, laminalia, immarginata, brunnea, epruinosa. Thallus duo acida ignota continens.

Type: MEXICO. Chihuahua, small ridge within Barranca del Cobre above Basihuare with numerous rhyolite outcrops, oaks manzanita (Arctostaphylos spp.) and dispersed pines, 27^o27.0'N, 107^o29.3'W, 2000 m, 1994, Timdal SON 69/4 (O, holotype).

Substrate and ecology: On soil and rock in open habitats, in Californian coastal scrub and Madrean evergreen woodland, from about sea-level up to 2000 m alt.

World distribution and Sonoran distribution: Rare in California, Baja California and Chihuahua

References

• Timdal, in Nash, Ryan, Gries & Bungartz, Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region (Tempe) 1: 420 (2002)

• Timdal, E. (2002) Psora (pp. 418-430) In: Nash III, T.H.; Ryan, B.D.; Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 1. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 532 pages.   **[RLL List # 187 / Rec.# 23117] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (PDF file - 27 MB) (Description of Psora brunneocarpa: pp. 420-421; distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 421; black-and-white photo: p. 420, Fig. 85)

Links

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#16) 18 June 2010.

• Psora brunneocarpa in Index Fungorum.

• Psora brunneocarpa in MycoBank.

Links to photos

• The Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway (Photo Gallery) - Psora brunneocarpa