Degelia plumbea

Degelia plumbea (also called blue felt lichen)[4] is a species of grey to blue-black or brown foliose lichen in the genus Degelia.[5] It mostly grows on trees in undisturbed woodlands but occasionally on coastal rocks.[5][6] It is found widely in Britain and western Ireland as well as in America and Canada, as it grows in maritime Atlantic climates.[5][7][8]

Degelia plumbea
Degelia plumbea in Brittany, France
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Lecanoromycetes
Order:
Peltigerales
Family:
Pannariaceae
Genus:
Degelia
Species:
D. plumbea
Binomial name
Degelia plumbea
Synonyms
  • Lichen plumbeus Lightf. (1777) (basionym)
  • Pectenia plumbea[2]
  • Parmeliella plumbea[3]

D. plumbea is highly sensitive to acid rain and climatic changes.[9]

Degelia cyanoloma was previously thought to be a variant of D. plumbea.[10]

References
  1. P. M. Jørgensen; P. W. James (1990). "Studies in the lichen family Pannariaceae IV: The genus Degelia". Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 38: 253–276. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. "Pectenia plumbea". Fungi and Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  3. "Parmeliella plumbea". MycoBank. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  4. "Blue Felt Lichen Degelia plumbea". iNaturalist. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  5. "Species: Degelia plumbea sens. str". Irish Lichens. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  6. "Degelia plumbea (Lightf.) P.M.Jørg. & P.James". Lichen Ireland. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  7. "Degelia plumbea (Lightf.) P.M. Jørg. & P. James degelia lichen". USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Plants Database. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  8. "Pectenia plumbea (Lightf.) P.M. Jørg., L. Lindblom, Wedin & Ekman (redirected from: Degelia plumbea (Lightf.) P.M. Jørg. & P. James)". Consortium of North American Lichen Herbaria. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  9. "COSEWIC Assessment and Status Report on the Blue Felt Lichen Degelia plumbea in Canada" (PDF). Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. November 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  10. "Degelia plumbea (Lightf.) P.Jørg. & P.James". Images of British Lichens. Retrieved 3 April 2020.


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