Physcia occidentalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Caliciales
Family: Physciaceae
Genus: Physcia
Species:
P. occidentalis
Binomial name
Physcia occidentalis
Essl. & McCune (2020)

Physcia occidentalis is an obligately saxicolous lichenized fungus[1] in the family Physciaceae that reproduces through the process of fragmentation, "primarily through the production of largely terminal blastidia".[1] It occurs in a multitude of locations, all the way from British Columbia to California, but has also been seen in Colorado, primarily in forest environments. It is very similar to Physcia rhizinata and they have been confused for each other before.

References

  1. 1 2 Esslinger, Theodore L.; Leavitt, Steven D.; McCune, Bruce (28 May 2020). "Two closely related but morphologically disparate new species of Physcia from western North America". The Bryologist. 123 (2): 204–214. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-123.2.204. S2CID 219483786.


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