Usnea hirta
Appearance
Usnea hirta | |
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InVyšné Ružbachy,Slovakia | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Parmeliaceae |
Genus: | Usnea |
Species: | U. hirta
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Binomial name | |
Usnea hirta | |
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Usnea hirtais a species ofbeard lichenin the familyParmeliaceae.It was one of 80 lichen species firstformally describedbyCarl Linnaeusin his 1753 workSpecies Plantarum.Friedrich Heinrich Wiggerstransferred it to the genusUsneain 1780.[2]The lichen is sensitive toair pollution,and is often used as abiomonitorofsulphur dioxide.[3]Usnea hirtahas an extensive worldwide distribution, and it ismorphologicallyvariable, which has led to numerous intraspecific taxa (i.e.subspecies,varieties,andforms) being proposed in itstaxonomichistory.[4]
References
[edit]- ^"Synonymy:Usnea hirta(L.) F.H. Wigg., Prim. fl. holsat. (Kiliae): 91 (1780) ".Species Fungorum.Retrieved17 December2021.
- ^Wiggers, F.H. (1780).Primitiae Florae Holsaticae(in Latin). Litteris Mich. Frider. Bartschii Acad. Typogr. p. 91.
- ^Shrestha, Gajendra; Petersen, Steven L.; St. Clair, Larry L. (2012). "Predicting the distribution of the air pollution sensitive lichen speciesUsnea hirta".The Lichenologist.44(4): 511–521.doi:10.1017/s0024282912000060.S2CID85602150.
- ^Clerc, Philippe(1997)."Notes on the genusUsneaDill. Ex Adanson "(PDF).The Lichenologist.29(3): 209–215.doi:10.1006/lich.1996.0075.S2CID85267728.