Taxonavigation

Familia: Lichinaceae
Genus: Pterygiopsis
Species: Pterygiopsis atra

Name

Pterygiopsis atra Vain., 1890

Substrate and ecology: Usually on acidic rock along seepage tracks.

References

• Vainio, Acta Soc. Fauna Flora fenn. 7: 239 (1890)
• Wainio, E.A. (1890) Etude sur la classification et la morphologie des lichens du Brésil, I. Acta Soc. pro Fauna et Flora Fennica\Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 7 : V-XXIX, 1-247. (19.46 MB)
• Schultz, M. (2006) Pterygiopsis cava and P. mutabilis, two new species from SW North America and NW Mexico. Bryologist 109: 68–79. (Black-and-white photos of P. atra: p. 77, fig. 6A-C)
• Schultz, M. (2007) Pterygiopsis (pp. 284-286) 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 P. atra: p. 285)
• Index Fungorum
• USDA Plants Database
• North American Lichen Checklist (Sep 2008)

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