Nodobryoria

Nodobryoria is a genus of medium to large, reddish-brown lichens that are hair-like to shrubby in shape and grow on conifer trees.[1] The genus contains three species, distributed in North America and Greenland,[2] which were previously included in the genus Bryoria.[3] Nodobryoria is similar in appearance to Bryoria, but is differentiated because it does not contain the polysaccharide lichenin (which is present in high quantities in Bryoria),[4] and it has a unique cortex composed of interlocking cells that look like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle when viewed under a light microscope.[5]

Nodobryoria
The budding apothecium of Nodobryoria oregana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Ascomycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Parmeliaceae
Genus:	Nodobryoria Common & Brodo
Type species
Nodobryoria subdivergens (Å.E. Dahl) Brodo & D. Hawksw.
Species
N. abbreviata N. oregana N. subdivergens

References

1. Brodo IM, Sharnoff SD, Sharnoff S (2001). Lichens of North America. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-08249-5.
2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 470. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
3. Common RS, Brodo IM (2001). "Bryoria sect. subdivergentes recognized as the new genus Nodobryoria (lichenized Ascomycotina)". The Bryologist. 98 (2): 189–206. doi:10.2307/3243304. JSTOR 3243304.
4. Common RS. (1991). "The distribution and taxonomic significance of lichenan and isolichenan in the Parmeliaceae (lichenized Ascomycotina), as determined by iodine reactions I. Introduction and methods. II. The genus Alectoria and associated taxa". Mycotaxon. 41 (1): 67–112. Retrieved 2010-03-12.
5. Brodo IM, Hawksworth DL (1977). Alectoria and allied genera in North America. Opera Botanica. 42. Stockholm: Swedish Natural Science Research Council. pp. 1–164.

External links

• Picture of Nodobryoria abbreviata by Stephen Sharnoff
• Picture of Nodobryoria oregana by Stephen Sharnoff
• Nodobryoria in Index Fungorum