Biology:Buellia gypsyensis

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Short description: Species of lichen


Buellia gypsyensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Caliciales
Family: Caliciaceae
Genus: Buellia
Species:
B. gypsyensis
Binomial name
Buellia gypsyensis
Fryday (2019)

Buellia gypsyensis is a species of crustose lichen in the family Caliciaceae. Found in the Falkland Islands, it was described as a new species in 2019 by British lichenologist Alan Fryday. The type was collected from Gypsy Cove near Port Stanley in East Falkland, where it was found growing on a north-facing rock; it is named for its type locality. The main distinguishing characteristics of the lichen are its filiform (threadlike) conidia and the presence of 5-O-methylhiascic acid as the major secondary chemical in the thallus.[2]

In 2020, Buellia gypsyensis was assessed as a vulnerable species for the global IUCN Red List.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Fryday, A. (2020). "Buellia gypsyensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176075451/177303493. 
  2. Fryday, Alan M. (2019). "Eleven new species of crustose lichenized fungi from the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)". The Lichenologist 51 (3): 235–267. doi:10.1017/S0024282919000185. 

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