Biology:Candelariella immarginata

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Candelariella immarginata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Candelariomycetes
Order: Candelariales
Family: Candelariaceae
Genus: Candelariella
Species:
C. immarginata
Binomial name
Candelariella immarginata
M.Westb. (2007)

Candelariella immarginata is a species of parasitic, saxicolous (rock-dwelling) lichen in the family Candelariaceae. Found in the United States, it was formally described as a new species in 2007 by Swedish lichenologist Martin Westberg. The type specimen was collected in the desert west of Grantsville, Utah at an elevation of 4,300 ft (1,300 m); here it was found growing on dry exposed quartzite. At the time of publication, it had also been found in another location in Utah, and two locations in Nevada; its general geographic range is the Great Basin in western North America.[1] In 2015, it was recorded from the White Mountains of California .[2] The species is lichenicolous on Aspicilia species and pyrenocarpous lichens. The specific epithet immarginata refers to the lack of a thalline margin on the apothecia. Secondary compounds that have been detected in the lichen (using high-performance liquid chromatography) include calycin, pulvic acid lactone, vulpinic acid, and pulvinic acid.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Westberg, Martin (2007). "Candelariella (Candelariaceae) in western United States and northern Mexico: the 8-spored, lecanorine species". The Bryologist 110 (3): 391–419. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2007)110[391:cciwus2.0.co;2]. 
  2. Kocourková, Jana; Knudsen, Kerry (2015). "Notes on the California lichen flora 7: More new records". Opuscula Philolichenum 14: 118–120. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280310285. 

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