Taxonavigation

Familia: Parmeliaceae
Subfamilia: Parmelioideae
Genus: Usnea
Species: Usnea longissima

Name

Usnea longissima Ach., Lichenogr. Universalis.: 626 (1810).   [MycoBank #356462]

References

• Acharius, E. 1810. Lichenographia Universalis. In qua Lichenes omnes detectos, adiectis observationibus et figuris horum vegetabilium naturam et organorum carpomorphorum structuram illustrantibus, ad genera, species, varietates differentiis et observationibus sollicite definitas.: 1–696, pl. 1–14. BHL Reference page. 

• Articus, K. 2004. Neuropogon and the phylogeny of Usnea s.l. (Parmeliaceae, Lichenized Ascomycetes). Taxon 53(4): 925–934.   RLL List # 198 / Rec.# 26833 – Recent Literature on Lichens RLL DOI: 10.2307/4135560 Reference page. 

• Eschweiler, F.G. 1833. Lichenes. In Martius, Flora Brasiliensis seu Enumeratio Plantarum in Brasilia tam sua sponte quam accedente cultura provenientium. 1(1): 51–293. J.G. Cottae, Stuttgartiae. BHL Reference page. 

• Schaerer, L.E. 1850. Enumeratio Critica Lichenum Europaeorum.: [I]–XXXVI + 1–327 + pls. 1–10. Officina Staempfliana, Bernae. BHL Reference page. 

• Sprengel, K.P.J. 1827. Systema Vegetabilium (ed. 16). 4(1): 1–592, 4(2): 1–410. Librariae Dieterichianae, Gottingae. BHL Reference page. 

• Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Usnea (pp. 709-726) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. (Description of U. longissima: pp. 721-722; distribution map for North America: p. 721; page-size color photo: p. 722, plate 889)

• 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. longissima: p. 53; black-and-white photo of thallus with long fibrils: p. 38, fig. 4; distribution map for British Columbia: p. 43, fig. 19)

• Jansson, K.U.; Palmqvist, K. and Esseen, P.-A. (2009) Growth of the old forest lichen Usnea longissima at forest edges. The Lichenologist 41(6): 663–672.   (RLL List # 217 / Rec.# 30964 - Recent Literature on Lichens)(doi:10.1017/S0024282909008536)

• Thomson, J.W. (2003) Usnea (pp.235-241). In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages. (Description of U. longissima: p.239)

• Wirth, V. (1995) Usnea (pp. 940-953 - Teil 2) In, Die Flechten Baden-Württembergs, Teil 1 & 2. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart. 1006 pp.; in German. (Description of U. longissima: p. 951; color photo: p. 941)

Vernacular names

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