Biology:Placynthium glaciale

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Short description: Species of lichen

Placynthium glaciale
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Peltigerales
Family: Placynthiaceae
Genus: Placynthium
Species:
P. glaciale
Binomial name
Placynthium glaciale
Fryday & T.Sprib. (2020)

Placynthium glaciale is a species of saxicolous lichen in the family Placynthiaceae. Found in Alaska, it was described as a new species in 2020 by lichenologists Alan Fryday and Toby Spribille. The type specimen was collected in the Hoonah-Angoon Census Area of Glacier Bay National Park, on the upper end of Muir Inlet. Here the lichen was found growing on an argillite-like boulder as well as exposed cobbles in post-glacial soil. The specific epithet glaciale alludes to its association with glacial forelands.[1]

References

  1. Spribille, Toby; Fryday, Alan M.; Pérez-Ortega, Sergio; Svensson, Måns; Tønsberg, Tor; Ekman, Stefan; Holien, Håkon; Resl, Philipp et al. (2020). "Lichens and associated fungi from Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska". The Lichenologist 52 (2): 61–181. doi:10.1017/S0024282920000079. 

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