Name:		Physcia speciosa Nyl., Actes de la Société Linnéene de Bordeaux 21 (1856) page 307
Accepted name:		Heterodermia speciosa (Wulfen) Trevis.
Basionym:		Lichen speciosus Wulfen
Status:		Species, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Physcia (Schreb.) Michx. [Genus] Physciaceae Zahlbr. [Family] Teloschistales D. Hawksw. & O.E. Erikss. [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]
Constituent taxa:		Subspecific taxa Physcia speciosa forma brachyloba Müll. Arg. Physcia speciosa forma cinerascens Nyl. Physcia speciosa forma coralligera Müll. Arg. Physcia speciosa forma pulvinigera Müll. Arg. Physcia speciosa forma sorediifera Müll. Arg. Physcia speciosa forma sorediosa Müll. Arg. Physcia speciosa forma speciosa Physcia speciosa forma subgranulosa Tuck. Physcia speciosa var. angustiloba Müll. Arg. Physcia speciosa var. dactyliza Nyl. Physcia speciosa var. major (Nyl.) Müll. Arg. Physcia speciosa var. speciosa
Catalogue data:		Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 7: 739
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]