Taxonavigation

Familia: Parmeliaceae
Subfamilia: Parmelioideae
Genus: Gowardia
Species: G. arctica – G. nigricans – G. zebrina

Name

Gowardia Halonen, Myllys, Velmala & Hyvärinen, Bryologist 112(1): 141 (2009). [MycoBank #514618]

Diagnosis: Thallus erectus aut decumbens, terrestris vel saxatilis, raro corticola. Basi cinerascens vel pallide brunnea et apici cinereus vel nigrescens aut rami omnino nigrescens. Pseudocyphellae albae, fusiformes vel fissural. Apothecia rara. Soralia rarissima. Isidia et pycnidia non visa.

Type species: Gowardia nigricans (Ach.) Halonen, Myllys, Velmala & Hyvärinen, Bryologist 112(1): 145 (2009). [MycoBank #537714]

Etymology: Dedicated to Trevor Goward, B.C., Canada.

References

• Goward, T. & Myllys, L. 2020. Gowardia zebrina sp. nov., a new species in a little-known genus of arctic-alpine lichens (Parmeliaceae). Plant and Fungal Systematics 65(1): 219–226. DOI: 10.35535/pfsyst-2020-0017 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 

• Halonen, P., Myllys, L., Velmala, S. & Hyvärinen, H. 2009. Gowardia (Parmeliaceae) – a new alectorioid lichen genus with two species. The Bryologist 112(1): 138–146. DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-112.1.138 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 

• Lücking, R., Hodkinson, B.P. & Leavitt, S.D. 2016. The 2016 classification of lichenized fungi in the Ascomycota and Basidiomycota – Approaching one thousand genera. The Bryologist 119(4): 361–416. DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-119.4.361 . ResearchGate . RLL (PDF) Reference page. 

• Lumbsch, H.T. & Huhndorf, S.M. 2010. Myconet Volume 14. Part One. Outline of Ascomycota–2009. Part Two. Notes on Ascomycete Systematics. Nos. 4751–5113. Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences 1: 1–64. DOI: 10.3158/1557.1 . Field Museum of Natural History Reference page. 

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