Biology:Platismatia tuckermanii

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Short description: Species of lichen

Platismatia tuckermanii
Platismatia tuckermannii - Flickr - pellaea.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Platismatia
Species:
P. tuckermanii
Binomial name
Platismatia tuckermanii
(Oakes) W.L.Culb. & C.F.Culb. (1968)
Synonyms
  • Cetraria tuckermanii Oakes (1843)

Platismatia tuckermanii is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was first formally described as a species of Cetraria in 1843 by American botanist William Oakes. The species epithet honours lichenologist Edward Tuckerman, who collected the type specimen in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1838.[1] William and Chicita Culberson transferred the taxon to the genus Platismatia in 1968. The lichen is found in Canada and the Southeastern United States. Although usually encountered growing on conifer bark, it is also known to grow on old wooden fenceposts. It contains caperatic acid and atranorin as lichen products.[2]

References

  1. Tuckerman, E. (1843). "Observations on some interesting plants of New England". American Journal of Science and Arts 45: 27. 
  2. Culberson, William Louis; Culberson, Chicita F. (1968). The Lichen Genera Cetrelia and Platismatia (Parmeliaceae). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. 34. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 449–558 [549]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/399705. 

Wikidata ☰ Q21305654 entry