Name:		Squamaria diffracta Duby
Status:		Species, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Squamaria Hoffm. [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]
Constituent taxa:		Subspecific taxa Squamaria diffracta forma areolata (Leight.) Szatala Squamaria diffracta forma chalybeata (J. Steiner) Szatala Squamaria diffracta forma diffracta Squamaria diffracta forma dispersella Szatala Squamaria diffracta forma insulata (DC.) H. Olivier Squamaria diffracta var. areolata (Leight.) Szatala Squamaria diffracta var. diffracta
Catalogue data:		Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 5: 640
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]