Usnea cirrosa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Parmeliaceae
Subfamilia: Parmelioideae
Genus: Usnea
Species: Usnea cirrosa

Usnea cirrosa Motyka, 1937

Usnea ciliifera Motyka (apparent nomen nudum) = U. cirrosa (fide J. Lendemer) (Source: North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#17) 16 May 2011)

Motyka, J. (1938) Lichenum generis Usnea studium monographicum. Pars systematica, volumen secundum. Leopoli. 305-651 pp. (Mattick Rec.# 28700 - Recent Literature on Lichens)

Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Usnea (pp. 709-726) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. (Description of U. cirrosa, and distribution map for North America: p. 715; color photo: p. 716, plate 879)

Clerc, P. (2007) Usnea (pp. 302-335) In: Nash III, T.H., Gries, C., and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 3. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 567 pages. (RLL List # 210 / Rec.# 29910 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (PDF file) (Description of U. cirrosa, and distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 313)

Herrera-Campos, M.A., Nash III, T.H. and Zambrano Garcia, A. (2001) Preliminary study of the Usnea fragilescens aggregate in Mexico. The Bryologist 104(2): 235–259. (RLL List # 184 / Rec.# 22189 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (JSTOR) (Description of U. cirrosa: pp. 249-251; black-and-white photo of branch segment: p. 238, fig. 2g; black-and-white photo of longitudinal section: p. 247; fig. 13h; distribution map for Mexico: p. 250, fig. 15b)

St. Clair, L.L. (1999) Usnea (pp. 204-207) In, A color guidebook to common Rocky Mountain lichens. M.L. Bean Life Science Museum of Brigham Young University Publisher, 242 pp. (Description and color photo of U. cirrosa: p. 206)

Tavares, II/ Sanders, WB (1998) Preliminary report on the short, apotheciate taxa of Usnea in the southwestern United States. - In: Glenn, MG/Harris, RC/Dirig, R/Cole, MS (eds.): Lichenographia Thomsoniana: North American Lichenology in Honor of John W. Thomson. Mycotaxon Ltd., Ithaca, New York, pp. 171-185. (RLL List # 171 / Rec.# 18321 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Black-and-white photos of U. cirrosa: p. 173, figs. 1 & 2; black-and-white photos of cortical sections: p. 175, figs 3-6; black-and-white photos of thallus enlargements: p. 177, figs. 7-8; black-and-white photo of thallus: p. 179, fig. 9)

English: Sundew beard lichen, Beard lichen