Usnea esperantiana

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Usnea esperantiana P.Clerc, 1992

Substrate and ecology: On bark, sometimes wood, rarely on rock; mainly on Quercus sp., Pinus sp. and diverse shrubs.

Clerc, P. (1992) Some new or interesting species of the genus Usnea (lichenised Ascomycetes) in the British Isles. Candollea 47(2): 513–526. (RLL List # 150 / Rec.# 3375 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (PDF file) (Illustrations of U. esperantiana: pp. 516-517)

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. esperantiana, and distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 317)

Dobson, F.S. (2000) (Fourth edition) Usnea (pp. 389-398) In, Lichens: An illustrated guide to the British and Irish species. The Richmond Publishing Co., Ltd., Slough, England, 431 pp. (Description, distribution map, and color photo of U. esperantiana: p. 394)

Halonen, P., Clerc, P., Goward, T., Brodo, I.M. and Wulff, K. (1998) Synopsis of the genus Usnea (lichenized Ascomycetes) in British Columbia, Canada. The Bryologist 101(1): 36–60. (RLL List # 170 / Rec.# 7545 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (PDF file) (JSTOR) (Description of U. esperantiana: p. 48; distribution map for British Columbia: p. 43, fig. 17)

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. esperantiana: p. 253; distribution map for Mexico: p. 250, fig. 15e)

James, P.W., Clerc, P. and Purvis, O.W. (1992) Usnea (pp. 620-629) In: Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. and Moore, D.M. (eds.) The Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Natural History Museum Publication, 710 pp. (Description of U. esperantiana: p. 625)

Ohmura, Y. and Kashiwadani, H. (2000) Usnea subfloridana Stirt. (Parmeliaceae) and its related species in eastern Asia. J. Jap. Bot. 75: 164–177. (RLL List # 180 / Rec.# 21279 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Illustration of U. esperantiana: fig. 2D)