Melanelia

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Fungi
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Lecanoromycetes
Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae
Ordo: Lecanorales
Familia: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Melanelia
Species: M. agnata - M. commixta - M. culbersonii - M. disjuncta - M. hepatizon - M. panniformis - M. sorediata - M. stygia - M. tominii

Name

Melanelia Essl., 1978

Type species: Melanelia stygia (L.) Essl., 1978

References

Esslinger, T.L. (1978) A new status for the brown Parmeliae. - Mycotaxon 7: 45-54. [1] Publication

Ahti, T.; Brodo, I.M. and Noble, W.J. (1987) Contributions to the lichen flora of British Columbia, Canada. - Mycotaxon 28: 91-97. [2] Publication

Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Melanelia (pp. 430-441) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. [3] [4]

Blanco, O.; Crespo, A.; Divakar, P.K.; Esslinger, T.L.; Hawksworth, D.L. and Lumbsch, H.T. (2004) Melanelixia and Melanohalea, two new genera segregated from Melanelia (Parmeliaceae) based on molecular and morphological data. - Mycological Research 108(8): 873-884. [5] PDF

Esslinger, T.L. (1992) The brown Parmelia type specimens of A. N. Oxner. - Lichenologist 24(1): 13-20. [6] Abstract

Esslinger, T.L. (2002) Melanelia (pp. 274-286) 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. [7]

Goward, T., McCune, B., and Meidinger, D. (1994) Melanelia (pp. 74-83) In, The lichens of British Columbia. Illustrated Keys. Part I. - Foliose and squamulose species. B.C. Ministry of Forests, Victoria, B.C. Special Report Series 8., 181 pages. [8] [9]

Hinds, J.W. and Hinds, P.L. (2007) Melanelia Essl., 1978 (pp. 305-321) In, The Macrolichens of New England. - Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden No. 96. New York Botanical Garden Press, Bronx, New York. 584 pp.

Purvis, O.W. and James, P.W. (1992) Parmelia Ach., 1803 (pp. 421-437) In: Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. and Moore, D.M. (eds.) The Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Natural History Museum Publication, 710 pp. [10]

Thell, A. (1995) A new position of the Cetraria commixta group in Melanelia (Ascomycotina, Parmeliaceae). - Nova Hedwigia 60(3-4): 407-422. [11]

Thomson, J.W. (1984) Parmelia Ach. (pp. 295-318). In, American Arctic Lichens: 1. The Macrolichens. Columbia University Press, New York, 504 pages. [12]

Thomson, J.W. (2003) Melanelia Essl. (pp. 140-144) In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages. [13]

USDA Plants Database

Vernacular names
English: Camouflage lichens, Brown lichens, Melanelia lichens