Biology:Letharia
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Short description: Genus of fruticose lichen
| Letharia | |
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| Letharia vulpina in the San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles USA. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Letharia (Th.Fr.) Zahlbr. (1892) |
| Type species | |
| Letharia vulpina (L.) Hue (1899)
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Letharia is a genus of fruticose lichens belonging to the family Parmeliaceae.[2]
There were historically two species of Letharia: L. vulpina and L. columbiana.[3] Recent molecular sequence studies published in 2016 confirm at least 6 species in Western North America alone, with more expected to be confirmed using similar methods in other parts of the world.[4]
The typical photobiont is a green alga of genus Trebouxia.[5]
Here, Letharia vulpina is visualized using an infrared spectrometry. The chlorophyll in the fir needles reflects near infrared wavelengths of light, but the green vulpinic acid of the wolf lichen does not.
References
- ↑ "Synonymy: Letharia (Th. Fr.) Zahlbr., Hedwigia 31: 36 (1892)". Species Fungorum. http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=2814.
- ↑ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8.
- ↑ Brodo, Irwin (2001). Lichens of North America. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 411–413.
- ↑ Altermann, Susanne; Leavitt, Steven D.; Goward, Trevor (September 2016). "Tidying up the genus Letharia: introducing L. lupina sp. nov. and a new circumscription for L. columbiana" (in en). The Lichenologist 48 (5): 423–439. doi:10.1017/S0024282916000396. ISSN 0024-2829. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/lichenologist/article/tidying-up-the-genus-letharia-introducing-l-lupina-sp-nov-and-a-new-circumscription-for-l-columbiana/E99FBAC5B9EDBD0DE00CACF6BADAB169.
- ↑ "Letharia". https://lichenportal.org/cnalh/taxa/index.php?taxon=52051.
Wikidata ☰ Q6533274 entry
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