Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lecanorales 

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

Familia: Psoraceae
Genus: Psorula
Species: Psorula rufonigra

Name

Psorula rufonigra (Tuck.) Gotth. Schneid., 1980


Life habit: Lichenized, lichenicolous

Substrate and ecology: On a filamentous cyanolichen (Spilonema revertens) over acidic rock in open habitats, up to 2350 m alt.

World distribution: Widely distributed in arid and semi-arid areas in the temperate region in the northern hemisphere

Basionym
  • Biatora rufonigra Tuck., 1848

Homotypic synonyms

References

Primary references

  • Gotth. Schneid., Biblthca Lichenol. 13: 136 (1980) [1979]
  • Schneider, G. (1979) Die Flechtengattung Psora sensu Zahlbruckner. - Bibliotheca Lichenologica No. 13 . J. Cramer, Vaduz. 291 pp.   **[RLL List # 106-85 / Rec.# 16661] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**

References

  • Brodo, I.M.; Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Psorula (pp. 604-605) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages.   **[RLL List # 184 / Rec.# 22465] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Psorula rufonigra: pp. 604-605; distribution map for North America: p. 605; color photo: p. 605, plate 733 - Psorula rufronigra growing over Spilonema revertens)
  • Hinds, J.W. and Hinds, P.L. (2007) Psorula Gotth. Schneid., 1979 (pp. 426-427) In, The Macrolichens of New England. - Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden No. 96. New York Botanical Garden Press, Bronx, New York. 584 pp.   **[RLL List # 210 / Rec.# 30032] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Psorula rufonigra: pp. 426-427; color photo: p. 427, fig 270 - Psorula rufonigra on Spilonema revertens)
  • Thomson, J.W. (1997) Psorula G. Schneider (pp. 514-515) In, American Arctic Lichens: 2. The Microlichens. The University of Wisconsin Press, 675 pages.   **[RLL List # 170 / Rec.# 18517] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Psorula rufonigra: p. 514; distribution map for the North American arctic: p. 515)
  • Timdal, E. (2002) Psorula (pp. 434-435) In: Nash III, T.H.; Ryan, B.D.; Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 1. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 532 pages.   **[RLL List # 187 / Rec.# 23120] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Psorula rufonigra: pp. 434-435; black-and-white photo: p. 434, fig. 89; distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 435)
  • The Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway (Photo Gallery) - Psorula rufonigra
  • Consortium of North American Lichen Herbaria; photo by Einar Timdal Psorula rufonigra

Vernacular names

English: Psorula lichen
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