Usnea hirta

Last updated

Usnea hirta
Usnea hirta MS4.jpg
In Vyšné Ružbachy, Slovakia
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Usnea
Species:
U. hirta
Binomial name
Usnea hirta
(L.) F.H.Wigg. (1780)
Synonyms [1]
List
  • Lichen floridus var. hirtus(L.) Willd. (1787)
  • Parmelia barbata f. hirta(L.) Schaer. (1840)
  • Parmelia barbatavar. hirta(L.) Schaer. (1840)
  • Parmelia plicatavar. hirta(L.) Becker (1828)
  • Usnea barbata f. hirta(L.) Rabenh. (1845)
  • Usnea barbata f. villosa(Ach.) Nyl. (1861)
  • Usnea barbata subsp. hirta(L.) Fink (1910)
  • Usnea barbata var. hirta(L.) Fr. (1831)
  • Usnea barbata var. villosa(Ach.) Koltz (1897)
  • Usnea ceratina f. villosa(Ach.) Harm. (1907)
  • Usnea ceratina var. villosa(Ach.) H.Olivier (1921)
  • Usnea florida f. hirta(L.) Kremp. (1861)
  • Usnea florida f. minutissimaMereschk. (1913)
  • Usnea florida f. villosa(Ach.) Zahlbr. (1930)
  • Usnea florida var. hirta(L.) Ach. (1803)
  • Usnea florida var. hirtus(L.) DC. (1805)
  • Usnea florida var. villosaAch. (1810)
  • Usnea hirta f. minutissima(Mereschk.) Mereschk. (1919)
  • Usnea hirta subsp. comiformis(Motyka ex Räsänen) Motyka (1936)
  • Usnea hirta subsp. minutissima(Mereschk.) Motyka (1936)
  • Usnea hirta subsp. trachista(Motyka) P.Clerc (2007)
  • Usnea hirta subsp. villosa(Ach.) Motyka (1930)
  • Usnea hirta var. comiformisMotyka ex Räsänen (1933)
  • Usnea hirta var. minutissima(Mereschk.) Cretz.
  • Usnea plicata f. hirta(L.) Ach. (1814)
  • Usnea plicata var. hirta(L.) Ach. (1810)

Usnea hirta is a species of beard lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was one of 80 lichen species first formally described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1753 work Species Plantarum . Friedrich Heinrich Wiggers transferred it to the genus Usnea in 1780. [2] The lichen is sensitive to air pollution, and is often used as a biomonitor of sulphur dioxide. [3] Usnea hirta has an extensive worldwide distribution, and it is morphologically variable, which has led to numerous intraspecific taxa (i.e. subspecies, varieties, and forms) being proposed in its taxonomic history. [4]

See also

References

  1. "Synonymy: Usnea hirta (L.) F.H. Wigg., Prim. fl. holsat. (Kiliae): 91 (1780)". Species Fungorum . Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. Wiggers, F.H. (1780). Primitiae Florae Holsaticae (in Latin). Litteris Mich. Frider. Bartschii Acad. Typogr. p. 91.
  3. Shrestha, Gajendra; Petersen, Steven L.; St. Clair, Larry L. (2012). "Predicting the distribution of the air pollution sensitive lichen species Usnea hirta". The Lichenologist. 44 (4): 511–521. Bibcode:2012ThLic..44..511S. doi:10.1017/s0024282912000060.
  4. Clerc, Philippe (1997). "Notes on the genus Usnea Dill. Ex Adanson" (PDF). The Lichenologist. 29 (3): 209–215. Bibcode:1997ThLic..29..209C. doi:10.1006/lich.1996.0075.