Biology:Ochrolechia frigida

Short description: Species of lichen

Ochrolechia frigida
Scientific classification
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
List Isidium gonatodes (Ach.) Ach. Lecanora tartarea var. frigida (Sw.) Ach. Lecanora tartarea var. gonatodes (Ach.) Ach. Lichen frigidus Sw. Lichen gonatodes Ach. Lichen tartareus var. frigidus (Sw.) Wahlenb. Lichen tartareus var. gonatodes (Ach.) Wahlenb. Ochrolechia elisabethae-kolae Verseghy Ochrolechia frigida f. gonatodes (Ach.) Lynge Ochrolechia frigida var. gonatodes (Ach.) Ochrolechia gonatodes (Ach.) Räsänen Ochrolechia pterulina (Nyl.) G.E.Howard Ochrolechia tartarea var. frigida (Sw.) Körb. Ochrolechia tartarea var. gonatodes (Ach.) Vain. Ochrolechia tartarea var. grandiosa (Ach.) Arnold Ochrolechia tartarea var. thelephoroides (Th.Fr.) Arnold Parmelia tartarea var. frigida (Sw.) Ach. Parmelia tartarea var. gonatodes (Ach.) Ach. Psora frigida (Sw.) Hoffm. Rinodina frigida (Sw.) Gray

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.

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

References

Wikidata ☰ Q10602186 entry