Biology:Leimonis erratica

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Short description: Species of lichen

Leimonis erratica
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Pilocarpaceae
Genus: Leimonis
Species:
L. erratica
Binomial name
Leimonis erratica
(Körb.) R.C.Harris & Lendemer (2009)
Synonyms[1]

Leimonis erratica is a species of crustose lichen in the family Pilocarpaceae. A widely distributed species that grows on siliceous rock, it is found in Asia, Australia, North America, and Réunion.[2]

Taxonomy

The lichen was originally described in 1861 by German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber as a member of genus Lecidea.[3] In 2009, Richard Harris and James Lendemer transferred it to the new genus Leimonis, in which it is the type species.[4]

References

  1. "Synonymy. Current Name: Leimonis erratica (Körb.) R.C. Harris & Lendemer, Opuscula Philolichenum 6: 151 (2009)". Species Fungorum. http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=509018. 
  2. Coppins, Brian J.; Kashiwadani, Hiroyuki; Moon, Kwang Hee; Spribille, Toby; Thor, Göran (2021). "The genera Brianaria (Psoraceae) and Micarea (Pilocarpaceae) in Japan, with reports on other interesting species in Asia". The Lichenologist 53 (1): 35–44. doi:10.1017/s0024282920000468. 
  3. Körber, Gustav Wilhelm (1861) (in la). Parerga lichenologica. Ergänzungen zum Systema lichenum Germaniae. 3. Breslau: E. Trewendt. p. 233. https://books.google.com/books?id=oAkmAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA223. 
  4. Harris, R.C. (2009). "Four novel lichen taxa in the lichen biota of eastern North America". Opuscula Philolichenum 6: 151. 

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