Rhizoplaca glaucophana

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Lecanoraceae
Genus: Rhizoplaca
Species: Rhizoplaca glaucophana

Name

Rhizoplaca glaucophana (Nyl. ex Hasse) W.A. Weber, 1979

Substrate and ecology: On calcium poor siliceous rocks, apparently strongly nitrophilous, but growing in somewhat shaded areas

World distribution: California and Baja California, c. 1300 m.

Basionym

• Lecanora glaucophana Hasse, Lich. S. California, ed. 2: 11 (1898)

Synonymy

• Harpidium glaucophanum (Nyl.) Hasse in Contrib. U. S. Nation. Herbarium, vol. XVII, 1913, p. 86.   (Source: Ryan 2002, p. 444)

References

• W.A. Weber, Mycotaxon 8(2): 559 (1979)

• Weber, W.A. (1979) New combinations in Rhizoplaca for endemic American species of Lecanora Auctt. - Mycotaxon 8: 559–560.   (RLL List # 103-96 / Rec. # 20042 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Web site)

• Ryan, B.D. (2002) Rhizoplaca (pp. 442-448) 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. # 23123 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Discussion of Rhizoplaca glaucophana: pp. 444-445; distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 445; black-and-white photo: p. 444, fig. 90)

• USDA Plants Database

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Vernacular names

English: Rimmed navel lichen