Name:		Lichen virellus Ach., (1798) page 108 [basionym]
Accepted name:		Phaeophyscia orbicularis (Neck.) Moberg
Synonym(s):		Parmelia virella (Ach.) Ach. (1803) Lecanora virella (Ach.) Ach. (1810) Parmelia cycloselis var. virella (Ach.) Sommerf. (1826) Parmelia obscura var. virella (Ach.) Schaer. (1840) Parmelia obscura forma virella (Ach.) Flot. (1850) Rinodina virella (Ach.) Körb. (1855) Lobaria obscura var. virella (Ach.) Hepp (1860) Borrera obscura var. virella (Ach.) Mudd (1861) Physcia obscura var. virella (Ach.) Nyl. (1872) Physcia virella (Ach.) Flagey (1891) Physcia ulothrix var. virella (Ach.) Cromb. (1894) Xanthoria ulothrix var. virella (Ach.) Horw. (1912) Physcia orbicularis var. virella (Ach.) A.L. Sm. (1918) Physcia orbicularis forma virella (Ach.) Schade (1938) Phaeophyscia orbicularis forma virella (Ach.) Nowak (1993)
Status:		Species, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Lichen L. [Genus] Parmeliaceae Zenker [Family] Lecanorales Nannf. [Order] Lecanoromycetidae P.M. Kirk, P.F. Cannon, J.C. David & Stalpers ex Miądl., Lutzoni & Lumbsch [Subclass] Lecanoromycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Catalogue data:		Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 7: 700
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index
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]