Name:		Alectoria nigricans Nyl., (1861) page 71
Basionym:		Cornicularia ochroleuca subspecific-rank nigricans Ach.
Status:		Species, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Alectoria Ach. [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 Alectoria nigricans forma goemerensis Gyeln. Alectoria nigricans forma nigricans Alectoria nigricans forma sorediata Å.E. Dahl Alectoria nigricans forma subchalybeiformis Räsänen Alectoria nigricans var. implexiformis Räsänen Alectoria nigricans var. nigricans Alectoria nigricans var. nipponica Asahina Alectoria nigricans var. thulensis (Th. Fr.) Vain.
Catalogue data:		Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 6: 399, Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 8: 572
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (6 records)
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]