Ochrolechia alaskana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pertusariales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lecanoromycetes Subclassis: Ostropomycetidae Ordo: Pertusariales

Familia: Ochrolechiaceae
Genus: Ochrolechia
Species: Ochrolechia alaskana

Name

Ochrolechia alaskana (Verseghy) Kukwa 2009

Basionym

Ochrolechia frigida f. alaskana Verseghy, Ann. Hist.-nat. Mus. Nat. Hung. 50: 76 (1958).

Type: USA, Alaska, Atka Island, on mosses, 01 July 1932, W. J. Eyerdam (H, holotype; BP–19932, isotype)

References

• Kukwa, Graphis Scripta 21 (2): 44 (2009)

• Kukwa, M. (2009) Ochrolechia aegaea and O. alaskana, two species with gyrophoric and variolaric acids in the cortex. - Graphis Scripta 21 (2): 42–48.   **[RLL List # 217 / Rec.# 31098] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Web site)

Links

• Ochrolechia alaskana in Index Fungorum.

• Ochrolechia alaskana in MycoBank.

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Ochrolechia alaskana