Biology:Lecanora strobilina

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Short description: Species of fungus

Lecanora strobilina
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Lecanoraceae
Genus: Lecanora
Species:
L. strobilina
Binomial name
Lecanora strobilina
(Spreng.) Kieff. (1895)
Synonyms[1]
  • Parmelia strobilina Spreng. (1827)

Lecanora strobilina, also known as the mealy rim lichen, is a species of crustose lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. It was originally described as Parmelia strobilina by German botanist Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel in 1827.[2] It is distributed across North America and the Mediterranean but has become established in South America and the Galapagos. [3] It can be distinguished from other closely-related species in the genus (including L. confusa) by the presence of the polyphenolic compound decarboxysquamatic acid in thin-layer chromatography (TLC).[4]

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References

  1. "Synonymy: Lecanora strobilina (Spreng.) Kieff.". Species Fungorum. CAB International. http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=389285. Retrieved 2015-11-01. 
  2. Sprengel, C. (1827) (in la). Caroli Linnaei systema vegetabilium. Göttingen, Sweden: Sumtibus Librariae Dieterichianae. p. 300. 
  3. Bungartz, Frank; Elix, John A.; Printzen, Christian (4 February 2020). "Lecanoroid lichens in the Galapagos Islands: the genera Lecanora, Protoparmeliopsis, and Vainionora". Phytotaxa 431 (1). https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.431.1.1. 
  4. Nash, T.H. III; Ryan, B.D; Gries, C.; Bungartz, F.; Diedrich, P. (2004) (in en). Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited. ISBN 0971675910. 

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