Placomaronea mendozae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Candelariomycetes
Order: Candelariales
Family: Candelariaceae
Genus: Placomaronea
Species:
P. mendozae
Binomial name
Placomaronea mendozae
(Räsänen) M.Westb. (2004)
Synonyms[1]
  • Candelariella vitellina var. mendozae Räsänen (1941)

Placomaronea mendozae is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) crustose lichen in the family Candelariaceae.[2] Found in South America and the United States, it was formally described as a new species in 1941 by Finnish lichenologist Veli Räsänen. The type specimen was collected in Las Heras, Mendoza (Argentina) in 1939. Räsänen named it as a variety of Candelariella vitellina;[3] Martin Westberg promoted the taxon to distinct species status in 2004.[4] The lichen occurs along the Andes in Argentina and Peru, and in Arizona, USA. It is the only Placomaronea that has been found in North America.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Westberg, Martin; Frödén, Patrik; Wedin, Mats (2009). "A monograph of the genus Placomaronea (Ascomycota, Candelariales)". The Lichenologist. 41 (5): 513–527. doi:10.1017/S0024282909990156. S2CID 90349733.
  2. ↑ "Placomaronea mendozae (Räsänen) M. Westb". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  3. ↑ Räsänen, V. (1941). "La flora liquenologica de Mendoza (Argentina)" (PDF). Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina, Buenos Aires E III. 131: 97–110 [100].
  4. ↑ Westberg, M. (2004). "Placomaronea". In Nash III, T.H.; Ryan, B.D.; Diederich, P.; Gries, C.; Bungartz, F. (eds.). Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. Vol. 2. Tempe, Arizona: Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University. p. 419. ISBN 978-0-9716759-1-9.
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