Caloplaca lecanoroides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Teloschistineae
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lecanoromycetes Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae Ordo: Teloschistales Subordo: Teloschistineae

Familia: Teloschistaceae
Subfamilia: Caloplacoideae
Genus: Caloplaca
Species: Caloplaca lecanoroides

Name

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

• 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)

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#16) 18 June 2010.

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank