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Species of lichen
Usnea hirta
In
Vyšné Ružbachy , Slovakia
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Lecanoromycetes
Order:
Lecanorales
Family:
Parmeliaceae
Genus:
Usnea
Species:
U. hirta
Binomial name
Usnea hirta
Synonyms
[1]
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]