Psora tenuifolia

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 tenuifolia

Name

Psora tenufolia Timdal, 1986

Diagnosis: Squamae ad 4 mm diam., mox elongatae, adscendentes, tenues, brunneae, vulgo pruinosae, margine albo. Apothecia laminalia, ad 1.3 mm diam., mox valde convexa, immarginata, atrobrunnea, epruinosa. Thallus acidum norsticticum et zeorinum continens.

Type: U.S.A., Alaska, valley of Okpilak River at Okpilak Lake near Mt. Michelson, 69^o34'N, 144^o05'W, August 1998, Thomson & Shushan 5777 (holotype, WIS)

Distribution: CANADA, Northwest Territories; U.S.A, Alaska

References

Primary references

• Timdal, Bryologist 89 (4): 272 (1987) [1986]

• Timdal, E. (1986) A revision of Psora (Lecideaceae) in North America. - The Bryologist 89 (4): 253–275.   **[RLL List # 131 / Rec.# 18653] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (JSTOR) (PDF file - 47 MB) (Discussion of [No. 16] Psora tenuifolia: pp. 272-273; black-and-white photo: p. 273, Fig. 30; distribution map: p. 270, Fig. 27)

References

• Thomson, J.W. (1997) Psora Hoffm. (pp. 505-513) In, American Arctic Lichens: 2. The Microlichens. The University of Wisconsin Press, 675 pages.   **[RLL List # 170 / Rec.# 18517] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Psora tenuifolia: pp. 511 & 513; distribution map for the American arctic: p. 512)

Links

• Psora tenuifolia in United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, PLANTS Database.

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

• Psora tenuifolia in Index Fungorum.

• Psora tenuifolia in MycoBank.

Vernacular names

English: Fishscale lichen