Pseudevernia

Pseudevernia is a genus of foliose lichens in the family Parmeliaceae. It was circumscribed by German botanist Friedrich Wilhelm Zopf in 1903 with Pseudevernia furfuracea as the type species.[1] This lichen, commonly known as tree moss, has substantial commercial value in the perfume industry.[2]

Pseudevernia
Pseudevernia furfuracea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Parmeliaceae
Genus:	Pseudevernia Zopf (1903)
Type species
Pseudevernia furfuracea (L.) Zopf (1903)

Species list

• Pseudevernia alectoronica Egan (2016)[3]
• Pseudevernia cladonia (Tuck.) Hale & W.L.Culb. (1966)
• Pseudevernia confusa (Du Rietz) R.Schub. & Klem. (1966)
• Pseudevernia consocians (Vain.) Hale & W.L.Culb. (1966)
• Pseudevernia furfuracea (L.) Zopf (1903)
• Pseudevernia intensa (Nyl.) Hale & W.L.Culb. (1966)
• Pseudevernia isidiophora (Zopf) Zopf (1903)
• Pseudevernia kamerunensis (J.Steiner) C.W.Dodge (1959)
• Pseudevernia mauritiana (Gyeln.) C.W.Dodge (1959)
• Pseudevernia mexicana Egan (2016)[3]
• Pseudevernia polita (Fr.) C.W.Dodge (1959)
• Pseudevernia soralifera (Bitter) Zopf (1903)
• Pseudevernia thamnidiella (Stirt.) C.W.Dodge (1959)

References

1. Zopf, Wilhelm (1903). "Vergleichende Untersuchungen über Flechten in Bezug auf ihre Stoffwechselprodukte". Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt (in German). 14: 95–126.
2. Calchera, Anjuli; Grande, Francesco Dal; Bode, Helge B.; Schmitt, Imke (2019). "Biosynthetic gene content of the 'perfume lichens' Evernia prunastri and Pseudevernia furfuracea". Molecules. 24 (1): e203. doi:10.3390/molecules24010203. PMC 6337363. PMID 30626017.
3. Egan, Robert Shaw; Pérez-Pérez, Rosa Emilia (2016). "Pseudevernia in Mexico". In Herrera-Campos, Maria; Pérez-Pérez, Rosa Emilia; Nash III, Thomas H. (eds.). Lichens of Mexico. The Parmeliaceae – Keys, Distribution and Specimen Descriptions. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 110. Stuttgart: J. Cramer. pp. 437–448. ISBN 978-3-443-58089-6.