Biology:Usnea scabrida
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Short description: Species of fungus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Usnea |
| Species: | U. scabrida
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| Usnea scabrida Taylor (1844)
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Usnea scabrida is a foliose lichen that grows from holdfasts on trees.[1][2] It occurs in southwest Western Australia.[3] It is a very pale grayish-yellowish green, slender, pendant, branching from the base, unequally branching, and shrubby.[3] The cortex contains usnic acid, and the medulla contains scabrosins.[4] The lichen was described as a new species in 1844 by English botanist Thomas Taylor.[5]
Usnea scabrida is endemic to Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria, but is also found outside Australia,[4] and in Queensland.[6] A subspecies Usnea scabrida subsp. elegans is found in eastern Australia .[7]
References
- ↑ "Usnea scabrida". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/28092.
- ↑ "Usnea scabrida - ANBG Lichen website". https://www.anbg.gov.au/lichen/photos-captions/usnea-scabrida-f-293.html. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cranfield, R. J; Western Australia. Dept. of Environment and Conservation. Science Division (2009), Cryptogam of the month, January 2009 : Usnea scabrida, Dept. of Environment & Conservation, https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/161800218, retrieved 9 December 2018
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Checklist of the Lichens of Australia and its Island Territories: Usnea scabrida subsp. scabrida". http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/lichenlist/FLORA%2056A/Usnea_scabrida_scabrida.html.
- ↑ Taylor, T. (1844). "Description of some new mosses and lichens from the Australian colonies". Phytologist 1: 1093–1096. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16430542.
- ↑ Department of Environment and Science, Queensland (2014-10-20). "Species profile | Environment, land and water: Usnea scabrida" (in en-AU). https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=28306.
- ↑ "Usnea scabrida subsp. elegans | Atlas of Living Australia". https://bie.ala.org.au/species/ALA_Usnea_scabrida_subsp_elegans. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q21303598 entry
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