Name:		Physcia nigricans Stizenb., Berichte über die Thätigk. St. Gallisch. Naturwiss. Gesellsch. (1882) page 329
Accepted name:		Phaeophyscia nigricans (Flörke) Moberg
Basionym:		Lecanora nigricans Flörke
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 nigricans forma fusca (Räsänen) Zahlbr. Physcia nigricans forma nigricans Physcia nigricans forma parvula (Vain.) Nádv. Physcia nigricans forma tremulicola (Nyl.) Maas Geest. Physcia nigricans var. auraënsis (Vain.) Räsänen Physcia nigricans var. groenlandica Å.E. Dahl Physcia nigricans var. helvetica (Vain. ex Räsänen) Frey Physcia nigricans var. nigricans Physcia nigricans var. sciastrella (Nyl.) Lynge Physcia nigricans var. tremulicola (Nyl.) Lynge
Catalogue data:		Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 7: 650
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]