Biology:Pseudocyphellaria crocata

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Short description: Species of lichen in the family Lobariaceae

Pseudocyphellaria crocata
Pseudocyphellaria crocata

Apparently Secure (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Peltigerales
Family: Peltigeraceae
Genus: Pseudocyphellaria
Species:
P. crocata
Binomial name
Pseudocyphellaria crocata
(L.) Vain. (1898)
Synonyms
  • Lichen crocatus L. (1771)

Pseudocyphellaria crocata is a species of lichen in the family Peltigeraceae, belonging to the ascomycetes.

Its predators include the land snail Notodiscus hookeri.[2]

In Iceland, it has been recorded in only two locations and is classified as critically endangered (CR).[3]

See also

  • List of lichens named by Carl Linnaeus

References

  1. NatureServe. "Pseudocyphellaria crocata" (in en). Arlington, Virginia. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.127076/. 
  2. Gadea, A., Le Pogam, P., Biver, G., Boustie, J., Le Lamer, A. C., Le Dévéhat, F., & Charrier, M. (2017). "Which Specialized Metabolites Does the Native Subantarctic Gastropod Notodiscus hookeri Extract from the Consumption of the Lichens Usnea taylorii and Pseudocyphellaria crocata?". Molecules 22(3): 425. doi:10.3390/molecules22030425
  3. Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands [Icelandic Institute of Natural History] (1996). Válisti 1: Plöntur. (in Icelandic) Reykjavík: Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands.

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