Common Names
Common Names in English:
Felt Lichen
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Lichenous
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,245 meters (0 to 4,085 feet).Mean = 365.250 meters (1,198.327 feet), Standard Deviation = 450.910 based on 20 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Fungi
()
- T.l. Jahn & F.f. Jahn, 1949 Ex R.t. Moore, 1980
- Fungi
- Subkingdom:
Dikarya
()
- D.s. Hibbett Et Al., in D.s. Hibbett Et Al., 2007
- Phylum:
Ascomycota
()
- H.c. Bold, 1957 Ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Sac Fungi
- Subphylum:
Pezizomycotina
()
- O.e. Eriksson & K. Winka, 1997
- Class:
Lichinomycetes
()
- V. Reeb Et Al., 2004
- Order:
Lichinales
()
- Henssen & Büdel, in Hawksworth & Eriksson, 1986
- Family:
Peltulaceae
()
- Büdel, 1986
- Genus:
Peltula
()
- (Nyl.) Gyelnik
- Specific descriptor:
sonorensis
- Büdel & T.H. Nash
- Scientific name: - Peltula sonorensis Budel & T. Nash
- Specific descriptor:
sonorensis
- Büdel & T.H. Nash
- Genus:
Peltula
(
- Family:
Peltulaceae
(
- Order:
Lichinales
(
- Class:
Lichinomycetes
(
- Subphylum:
Pezizomycotina
(
- Phylum:
Ascomycota
(
- Subkingdom:
Dikarya
(
- Kingdom:
Fungi
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Peltula sonorensis Büdel & T. H. Nash 1993
Similar Species
Members of the genus Peltula
There are approximately 41 species in this genus:
P. africana · P. auriculata · P. bolanderi (Bolander's Peltula Lichen) · P. boletiformis · P. clavata (Peltula Lichen) · P. congregata · P. coriacea · P. crispatula · P. cylindrica (Peltula Lichen) · P. cylindrica wetmore · P. euploca · P. farinosa · P. imbricata · P. impressa · P. impressula · P. langei · P. lingulata · P. marginata · P. michoacanensis (Peltula Lichen) · P. obscurans (Peltula Lichen) · P. obscurans var. deserticola (Peltula Lichen) · P. obscurans var. hassei (Hasse's Peltula Lichen) · P. obscurans var. obscurans (Peltula Lichen) · P. obscuratula · P. omphaliza (Peltula Lichen) · P. pacodizans · P. patellata (Felt Lichen) · P. patellulata · P. placodizans (Peltula Lichen) · P. polyspora · P. psammophila · P. radicata (Peltula Lichen) · P. richardsii (Richards' Peltula Lichen) · P. rodriguesii · P. sonorensis (Felt Lichen) · P. sorensis · P. terrena · P. tortuosa (Peltula Lichen) · P. umbilicata · P. zahlbruckneri (Zahlbruckner's Peltula Lichen) · P. zahlbrucknerii
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Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 17, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 17, 2008:
- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Lichen herbarium, Oslo
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Arizona State University Lichen Herbarium
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Fungi
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3232823
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 1021031
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:360208
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: PESO2
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 54257
