Degelia plumbea
Degelia plumbea in Brittany, France
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

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]

D. plumbea is highly sensitive to acid rain and climatic changes. D. plumbea and other lichen are highly sensitive to high light and have a high-water holding capacity. Other factors like method of dispersal and obtaining the appropiate substrate effects the growth and prosperity of the fungi. The genes in the D. plumbea don’t share a common ancestral gene through speciation due to potential environmental changes.[9][10][11]

Degelia cyanoloma was previously thought to be a variant of D. plumbea.[12]

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. 1 2 3 "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. ↑ Ekman, S., Wedin, M., Lindblom, L., & Jorgensen, P. M. (2014). "). Extended phylogeny and a revised generic classification of the Pannariaceae (Peltigerales, Ascomycota)". The Lichenologist (London). 46 (5): 627–656.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ↑ Gauslaa, Y., & Solhaug, K. (1998). "Significance of thallus size for the water economy of the cyanobacterial old-forest lichen Degelia plumbea". Oecologia. 116 (1/2): 76–84.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ "Degelia plumbea (Lightf.) P.Jørg. & P.James". Images of British Lichens. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2020.


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