Caloplaca lecanoroides
Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Teloschistineae |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Teloschistaceae
Subfamilia: Caloplacoideae
Genus: Caloplaca
Species: Caloplaca lecanoroides
Name
[edit]Caloplaca lecanoroides Lendemer, 2010
MycoBank No. 518078.
Diagnosis: Ad Caloplacae obscurellae sed thallo areolato et robusto, apotheciis grandioribus (0.6-1.0 mm diam.) et Lecanorae subfuscae similis.
Type: U.S.A. California Mariposa Co.: Yosemite National Park, vicinity of base of Bridal Veil Falls, elev. 1298 m., massive granite boulders in stream ravine with cold air flow, mixed conifer (Abies, Pinus, Calocedrus) forest with occasional hardwoods, on Quercus, 22.ix.2009, J.C. Lendemer et al. 19722 (NY, holotype; LD, isotype).
Etymology: The epithet “lecanoroides” refers to the resemblance of the apothecia to those of the genus Lecanora.
Ecology and distribution: Caloplaca lecanoroides is known only from the type collection, which was found growing on the bark of an oak in a densely shaded, humid, boulder strewn ravine.
References
[edit]- Lendemer, Opuscula Philolichenum 8: 108 (2010)
- Lendemer, J.C.; Knudsen, K. and Fryday, A.M. (2010) New and interesting lichens, lichenicolous and allied fungi from Yosemite National Park, California, U.S.A. Opuscula Philolichenum, 8: 107–120. (RLL List # 222 / Rec. # 32706 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Complete article) (Discussion of Caloplaca lecanoroides: pp. 108-109; color photos: p. 109, plate 1, figs. 1-4)