Chrysothrix susquehannensis
Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Chrysothricaceae
Genus: Chrysothrix
Species: Chrysothrix susquehannensis
Name
editChrysothrix susquehannensis Lendemer & Elix, 2010
Mycobank #516677
Diagnosis: Chrysothricis onokoensi similis sed supra muscos crescenti, thallo tenui, acidum rhizocarpicum et acidum lecanoricum ad invicem acidum leprapinicum continenti differt.
Type: U.S.A. PENNSYLVANIA. Lancaster Co.: E slopes above Susquehanna River, 0.25-0.5 mi N of confluence of Tucquan Creek and Susquehanna River, schist outcrops/bluffs with oak-gum-pine forest, 8.viii.2009, on humus and mosses on sheltered vertical rock face, J.C. Lendemer 19364 (NY, holotype; hb. Kalb, isotype).
Etymology: The epithet susquehannensis refers to the Susquehanna River
Chemistry: Rhizocarpic acid (major), epanorin (minor), lecanoric acid (minor), atranorin (minor), conrhizocarpic acid (trace). Spot tests: K-, C+ pink/red, KC+ pink/red, P-, UV+ orange.
Ecology and Distribution: Chrysothrix susquehannensis occurs on small moss cushions and pockets of soil or organic matter clinging to precipitous shaded vertical rock outcrops.
References
editPrimary references
edit- Lendemer & Elix, Opuscula Philolichenum 8: 55 (2010)
- Lendemer, J.C. and Elix, J.A. (2010) Two new species of Chrysothrix from eastern North America. Opuscula Philolichenum 8: 51–58. **[RLL List # 222 / Rec.# 32705] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (PDF file) (Plate 3, page 56, figs. 1-6, scanning electron micrographs) (Plate 4, page 57, fig. 1, color photo of thallus; fig. 2, view from Pinnacle Overlook, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania)
Additional references
edit- Harris, R.C., and Ladd, D. (2008) The lichen genus Chrysothrix in the Ozark ecoregion, including a preliminary treatment for eastern and central North America. Opuscula Philolichenum 5: 29–42. **[RLL List # 210 / Rec.# 30017] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (PDF file)
- Harris, R.C. and Lendemer, J.C. (2005) Contributions to the lichen flora of Pennsylvania: a checklist of lichens collected during the first Howard Crum Bryological Workshop, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Opuscula Philolichenum 2: 1–10. **[RLL List # 198 / Rec.# 26679] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (PDF file)