Biology:Lepra erythrella
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Pertusariales |
| Family: | Pertusariaceae |
| Genus: | Lepra |
| Species: | L. erythrella
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| Binomial name | |
| Lepra erythrella (Müll.Arg.) I.Schmitt, B.P.Hodk. & Lumbsch
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Synonymy
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Lepra erythrella is a species of Corticolous lichen in the family Pertusariaceae. Found in Australia, New Zealand and the Galapagos Islands, it was formally described as Pertusaria erythrella in 1893 by Johannes Müller Argoviensis.
Taxonomy
The species was first described as Pertusaria (s. Lecanorastrum) erythrella by Johannes Müller Argoviensis in 1893.[2] In 2017 the genus Pertusaria was revised based on phylogenetic analysis, and the taxon was placed in the genus Lepra by Brendan Paul Hodkinson, Imke Schmitt and Helge Thorsten Lumbsch.[3]
Description
The species has a thallus coloured white/green when wet, which changes to off-white and grey when dry.[4]
Distribution and habitat
Lepra erythrella is found in eastern and southern Australia, including the Bass Strait Islands and Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Galapagos Islands.[4]
References
- ↑ "Lepra erythrella". https://www.mycobank.org/page/Name%20details%20page/558935.
- ↑ Müller, J. (1893). "LICHENES WILSONIANI, s. Lichenes a cl. Rev. F.-R.-M. Wilson in Australiae prov. Victoria" (in la). Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier 1 (2): 33. ISSN 0256-5617. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33962223.
- ↑ Wei, Xinli; Schmitt, Imke; Hodkinson, Brendan et al. (11 July 2017). "Circumscription of the genus Lepra, a recently resurrected genus to accommodate the 'Variolaria'-group of Pertusaria sensu lato (Pertusariales, Ascomycota)" (in en). PLOS One 12 (7). doi:10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0180284. ISSN 1932-6203. PMID 28700682.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 de Lange, Peter J.; Blanchon, Dan J.; Marshall, Andrew J.; Schmid, Luzie M.H. (2023). "Lepra erythrella (Pertusariaceae) – a new addition to the lichenized mycobiota of the Aotearoa/New Zealand archipelago" (in en). Ukrainian Botanical Journal 80 (1): 94–97. doi:10.15407/UKRBOTJ80.01.094. ISSN 0372-4123.
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