Lichen Flora of Manitoba

This list represents some of the lichens that may be found in Manitoba, Canada. The existance of the lichens is based on notations in some North American keys, observations, and some personal collections. This list is not expected to be complete and there are likely some incorrect identifications and errors. I have not had a chance to check for synonymous names between different sources so there may be duplicates. A more upto date, and maintained, list can be found at the Cryptogamic Herbarium (UofM WIN). There is also a list, provided at the bottom left, that comes from a set of checklists of lichens and lichenicolous fungi elsewhere available on the WWW.

The lichens are presented here arranged by genus in alphabetic order. A classification by family groups based on the lichen forming fungi can be found at the end of 'Lichens of North America' (Brodo, Sharnoff and Sharnoff, 2001). Most keys separate lichens into crustose, squamulose, fruticose and foliose lichens. These are not generally phylogentic groups but are used when keying lichens for convenience. In the list I have provided here, after each genus name, there is an indication of the form that the genus generally takes (C, S, Fr, Fo).

A flora of the vascular plants of Manitoba is also available at home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~burchil/plants. Another flora of mosses and liverworts is available at home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~burchil/plants/mosses

References:

Brodo, I. M., Sharnoff, S. D., and Sharnoff, S. Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, 2001.

Feuerer, T., 2001: Checklist of lichens and lichenicolous fungi of Manitoba. Preliminary Version 1 March 2005. - http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/checklists/northamerica/canada_manitoba_l.htm

Gerrard, Martin, Vicki Henderson, Emil Kucera, Dave Wotton. State of the Environment Report for Manitoba - 1991. Province of Manitoba, Conservation. 1991.

Hale, Mason E. how to know the lichens Wm. C. Brown Company Pub., 1979

Hinds, James W., Patricia L. Hinds. The Macrolichens of New England. New YorkBotanical Garden Press, 2007

Johnson, Derek, Linda Kershaw, Andy MacKinnon, Jim Pojar. Plants of the Western Boreal Forest and Aspen Parkland, Lone Pine Publishing, 1995.

Vitt, Dale H., Janet E. Marsh, Robin B. Bovey. Mosses Lichens and Ferns of Northwest North America, Lone Pine Publishing. 1988

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Internet Sites

Related sites that may be of some interest

• link no longer available, looking for new source Manitoba Plants and Animals from Manitoba State of the Environment Report - 1991
• The Lichens of British Columbia Illustrated Keys:
  Part 1 - Foliose and Squamulose Species
  Part 2 - Fruticose Species
• link no longer available, looking for new sourceLichen Identification Boreal Forest
• link no longer available, looking for new sourceLichen Identifiation Field Guide for the Mixed Hardwood Forest
• Bruce Ryan's working kesys to the North American Lichens as part of Ways of Enlichenment
• Lichen Key Archive
• Lichen Determination Keys on Internet
• North American Lichen Checklist
• Macrolichens of North America by Chris Parrish found on Mushroom oberserver
• Checklist of Lichens: Manitoba from Checklists of Lichens
• Lichens of North America
• Cryptogamic Herbarium, University of Manitoba
• Univ. of Minnesota Lichen Herbarium
• Internet Resources for Bryologists and Lichenologists
• American Bryological and Lichenological Society (ABLS)
• International Association for Lichenology (IAL)
• Identifying North American Lichens - A guide to the literature
• Pelt Lichens of North America
• Introducton to Lichens (U Berkeley)
• LichenLand, Fun with Lichens from Oregon State University
• Alberta Lichens This site includes a wide variety of informational links.

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