Usnea flavocardia

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Usnea flavocardia Räsänen, 1936

Substrate and ecology: On bark or rock, rarely on wood.

Räsänen, V. (1936) Collationes ad lichenologiam Chilensem pertinentes. Rev. Univers. Santiago 21, nr. 1: 137–148. (Mattick Rec.# 29494 - Mattick's Index on Lichens)

Clerc, P. (1984) Usnea wirthii--a new species of lichen from Europe and North Africa. Saussurea 15: 33–36. (RLL List # 124-21 / Rec.# 3369 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (PDF file)

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. (Description of U. flavocardia: pp. 317-318; distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 317)

Tavares, I.I., Baltzo, D. and Wright, D. (1998) Usnea wirthii in western North America, pp. 187-199 in Glen, M.G., Harris, R.C., Dirig, R. and Cole, M.S. (eds.) Lichenographia Thomsoniana: North American Lichenology in Honor of John W. Thomson. Ithaca, New York: Myxotaxon, Ltd. (RLL List # 171 / Rec.# 18319 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of U. flavocardia [as Usnea wirthii]: pp. 187-199; black-and-white photos of thalle: p. 189, figs. 1 & 2; black-and-white photo of branches: p. 191, fig. 3; black-and-white photo of thallus: p. 193, fig. 4; black-and-white photo showing detail of branches: p. 193, fig. 5; black-and-white photos of transverse sections of papillate cortex: p. 195, figs. 6 & 7; black-and-white photos of transverse cortical sections at red spot: p. 195: figs. 8 & 9)

Truong, C.; Bungartz, F. and Clerc, P. (2011) The lichen genus Usnea (Parmeliaceae) in the tropical Andes and the Galapagos: species with a red-orange cortical or subcortical pigmentation. The Bryologist 114(3): 477–503. (RLL List # 225 / Rec.# 33315 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-114.3.477) (JSTOR) (Discussion of Usnea flavocardia: pp. 489-490; Figs. 5A-C)