Peltula obscurans

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Lichinales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lichinomycetes Ordo: Lichinales

Peltula obscurans (Nyl.) Gyelnik, 1935

Substrate and ecology: Usually on acidic rocks, occasionally on calcareous rocks and soil in deserts.

Acarospora subglebosa (Müll. Arg.]) Hue, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, 5 sér. 1: 162 (1909)
Acarospora subglobosa (Müll.Arg.) Hue, 1909
Endocarpiscum obscurans Nyl., 1872
Heppia acarosporoides Müll.Arg., 1892
Heppia obscurans (Nyl.) Nyl., 1887 [1886-87]
Heppia subglebosa (Müll. Arg.) I.M.Lamb, 1959 [1958]
Peltula subglebosa (Müll.Arg.) Filson, 1988
Placodium subglebosum Müll.Arg., 1889

Gyeln., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 38: 308 (1935)
Gyelnik, V. (1935) De familia Heppiacearum, II. - Feddes Repertorium specierum novarum regni vegetabilis\Feddes Repert. spec. nov. regn. veg. 38: 307–313.
Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Peltula (pp. 522-525) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. (Description of P. obscurans: pp. 523-524; distribution map for North America: p. 523; color photos: p. 524, figs. 624 & 625)
Büdel, B. and Nash III, T.H (2002) Peltula (pp. 331-340) 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. (Description of P. obscurans, and distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 335)
Wetmore, C.M. (1970) The lichen family Heppiaceae in North America. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 57: 158–209.
USDA Plants Database
North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#14) 8 Oct 2008
Index Fungorum

English: Common rock-olive lichen, Peltula lichen