Biology:Ochrolechia frigida

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Short description: Species of lichen

Ochrolechia frigida
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Pertusariales
Family: Ochrolechiaceae
Genus: Ochrolechia
Species:
O. frigida
Binomial name
Ochrolechia frigida
(Sw.) Lynge (1928)
Synonyms[1]

Ochrolechia frigida is a species of lichen belonging to the family Ochrolechiaceae. It was first formally described by Olof Peter Swartz in 1781, as Lichen frigidus. Bernt Arne Lynge transferred it to Ochrolechia in 1928.[2]

It is a known host species to the lichenicolous fungus species Sphaerellothecium araneosum and Weddellomyces tartaricola.[3]

References

  1. "Ochrolechia frigida". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/2600204. 
  2. Lynge, B. (1928). "Lichens from Novaya Zemlya (excl. of Acarospora and Lecanora)". Report of the Scientific Results of the Norwegian Expedition to Novaya Zemlya 1921 (43): 182. 
  3. Svane, Svanhildur Jónsdóttir; Alstrup, Vagn (2004). "Some lichenicolous fungi from Iceland". Acta Botanica Islandica 14: 53–58. https://utgafa.ni.is/Acta-Botanica-Islandica/Acta-Botanica-Islandica-14/Acta-Botanica-Islandica-14-2.pdf. 

Wikidata ☰ Q10602186 entry