Umbilicaria virginis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Umbilicariaceae
Genus: Umbilicaria
Species: Umbilicaria virginis

Name

Umbilicaria virginis Schaerer, 1842

Substrate and ecology: Below snow in winter on acidic rocks

World distribution: Europe, Asia, and North America

Synonyms

• Agyrophora stipitata (Nyl.) Nyl., Lich. Envir. Paris: 43 (1896) [1895]
• Agyrophora virginis (Schrad.) M. Choisy, 1950
• Gyrophora rugifera (Nyl.) Th. Fr., 1871
• Gyrophora stipitata (Nyl.) Branth, Rev. Bot. 5: 15 (1887)
• Gyrophora virginis (Schrad.) Frey, Hedwigia 69: 222 (1929)
• Omphalodiscus virginis (Schrad.) Schol., 1936
• Umbilicaria stipitata Nyl., Lich. Scand. (Uppsala): 289 (1861)

References

Primary references

• Schrader 1842: Lich. Helvet. Spicil. 2: 564.

References

• Brodo, I.M.; Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Umbilicaria (pp. 696-709) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages.   **[RLL List # 184 / Rec.# 22465] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Umbilicaria virginis: pp. 708-709; distribution map for North America: p. 708; color photo: p. 709, plate 872)

• Hestmark, G. (2004) Umbilicaria (pp. 548-556) 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.   **[RLL List # 196 / Rec.# 25973] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Umbilicaria virginis and distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 556)

• McCune, B. and Geiser, L. (2009) Umbilicaria (pp. 336-354) Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest. (Second Edition) Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, 464 pp.   **[RLL List # 216 / Rec.# 31233] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Umbilicaria virginis and color photo: p. 354)

• St. Clair, L.L. (1999) Umbilicaria Hoffm. (pp. 198-203) In - A color guidebook to common Rocky Mountain lichens. M.L. Bean Life Science Museum of Brigham Young University Publisher, 242 pp.   **[RLL List # 180 / Rec.# 21417] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Umbilicaria virginis and color photo: p. 203)

Links

• USDA Plants Database

• Checklist to Norwegian lichens

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos - Umbilicaria virginis

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

Vernacular names

English: Blushing rock tripe,   Navel lichen