Usnea hirta
| Usnea hirta | |
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| In Vyšné Ružbachy, Slovakia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Usnea |
| Species: | U. hirta
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| Usnea hirta | |
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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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Synonymy: Usnea hirta (L.) F.H. Wigg., Prim. fl. holsat. (Kiliae): 91 (1780)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ 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 species Usnea hirta". The Lichenologist. 44 (4): 511–521. doi:10.1017/s0024282912000060. S2CID 85602150.
- ^ Clerc, Philippe (1997). "Notes on the genus Usnea Dill. Ex Adanson" (PDF). The Lichenologist. 29 (3): 209–215. doi:10.1006/lich.1996.0075. S2CID 85267728.
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