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Usnea hirta

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Usnea hirta
In Vyšné Ružbachy, Slovakia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 barbata var. hirta (L.) Schaer. (1840)
  • Parmelia plicata var. 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. minutissima Mereschk. (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. villosa Ach. (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. comiformis Motyka 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]

References

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  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. doi:10.1017/s0024282912000060. S2CID 85602150.
  4. ^ 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.