Name:		Pertusaria amara Nyl., (1872) page 288
Basionym:		Variolaria amara Ach.
Status:		Species, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Pertusaria DC. [Genus] Pertusariaceae Körb. ex Körb. [Family] Pertusariales M. Choisy ex D. Hawksw. & O.E. Erikss. [Order] Ostropomycetidae Reeb, Lutzoni & Cl. Roux [Subclass] Lecanoromycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Subspecific taxa Pertusaria amara forma amara (Ach.) Nyl. Pertusaria amara forma carpini Erichsen Pertusaria amara forma diffusa (Erichsen) Grummann Pertusaria amara forma isidiata Harm. Pertusaria amara forma macrosora Erichsen Pertusaria amara forma muscicola Erichsen Pertusaria amara forma myrmecina (Erichsen) Grummann Pertusaria amara forma pulvinata (Erichsen) Almb. Pertusaria amara forma sanguinenscens Erichsen Pertusaria amara forma sanguinescens Pertusaria amara forma slesvicensis Pertusaria amara forma slesviciensis (Erichsen) Almb. Pertusaria amara forma trabalis Erichsen Pertusaria amara subsp. amara Pertusaria amara subsp. sphaeroidea Erichsen Pertusaria amara var. alnea (Ach.) Erichsen Pertusaria amara var. amara Pertusaria amara var. capensis J. Steiner Pertusaria amara var. cimmerica Oxner Pertusaria amara var. concentrica (Savicz) Erichsen Pertusaria amara var. ecrustacea Erichsen Pertusaria amara var. flotowiana (Flörke) Vain. Pertusaria amara var. globata Hillmann Pertusaria amara var. isidiata (Harm.) Erichsen Pertusaria amara var. muscicola Pertusaria amara var. myrmecina (Erichsen) Makar. Pertusaria amara var. philippinensis Räsänen Pertusaria amara var. pseudodiscoidea Erichsen Pertusaria amara var. pulvinata (Erichs.) Oksn. Pertusaria amara var. szataelae (Erichsen) Clauzade & Cl. Roux Pertusaria amara var. szatalai (Erichsen) Clauzade & Cl. Roux Pertusaria amara var. tucumanensis Räsänen Pertusaria amara var. verrucigena Pertusaria amara var. verrucigera Erichsen Pertusaria amara var. verrudgera Erichsen
Catalogue data:		Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 5: 121, Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 5: 154, Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 8: 520
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (170 records)
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]