Name:		Pertusaria melaleuca Duby, (1830) page 673
Basionym:		Lichen melaleucus Turn. & Borr.
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 melaleuca var. cyclops (Körb.) Hepp Pertusaria melaleuca var. decussata (Kremp.) Müll. Arg. Pertusaria melaleuca var. ginzbergeri Zahlbr. Pertusaria melaleuca var. heterochroa (Müll. Arg.) J. Steiner Pertusaria melaleuca var. melaleuca Pertusaria melaleuca var. octospora Müll. Arg. Pertusaria melaleuca var. tetramera Müll. Arg. Pertusaria melaleuca var. trispora Müll. Arg.
Catalogue data:		Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 5: 176
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (7 records)
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Landcare [New Zealand] New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]