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Umbilicaria mammulata

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Umbilicaria mammulata
in the Appalachians
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Umbilicariales
Family: Umbilicariaceae
Genus: Umbilicaria
Species:
U. mammulata
Binomial name
Umbilicaria mammulata
(Ach.) Tuck. (1848)
Synonyms
  • Gyrophora mammulata Ach. (1814)

Umbilicaria mammulata, or smooth rock tripe, is a foliose lichen found on boulders and rock walls.[1][2]

Description

Umbilicaria mammulata is among the largest lichens in the world. The thallus of U. mammulata is usually 4 to 15 cm (1.6 to 5.9 in) in diameter, but specimens have been known to reach 63-centimetre (2.07 ft) in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee.[2] The smooth upper surface is a reddish-brown to grayish-brown color and the lower surface is pitch black.

Ecology

This species is found on boulders and steep rock walls in forests and around lakes. It grows on several types of rock substrate, such as acidic rock, sandstone, quartz, and granitic rock.[3] Like most lichens, U. mammulata is sensitive to air and water quality. If conditions are optimal, seeing rocks or cliffs covered in dinner plate-sized thalli is not unusual.[2] However, it has been suggested that U. mammulata is not as sensitive to pH and water quality as it is to the frequency and duration of precipitation.[4]

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References

  1. ^ Walewski, Joe (2007). Lichens of the North Woods. City: Kollath-Stensaas. ISBN 978-0-9792006-0-1.
  2. ^ a b c Brodo, Irwin (2001). Lichens of North America. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-08249-4.
  3. ^ Wisconsin State Herbarium, "Wisconsin Vascular Plants: Details Page." http://www.botany.wisc.edu/Wislichens/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=UMBMAM (accessed Dec 19, 2008).
  4. ^ Bailey, Christine; Larson, D. W. (1982). "Water Quality and pH Effects on Umbilicaria mammulata (Ach.) Tuck". The Bryologist. 85 (4): 431–437. doi:10.2307/3242913. JSTOR 3242913.


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