Phyllopsora ochroxantha

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Phyllopsora ochroxantha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Ramalinaceae
Genus: Phyllopsora
Species:
P. ochroxantha
Binomial name
Phyllopsora ochroxantha
Zahlbr. (1939)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lecidea ochroxantha
  • Phyllopsora corallina var. ochroxantha
  • Phyllopsora ochroxantha
  • Psora ochroxantha

Phyllopsora ochroxantha is a species of corticolous, squamulose lichen.[2]

It has a reddish brown prothallus, medium sized green granules with isidia, and narrow ellipsoid simple ascospores.[3] It contains methyl 2,7-dichloropsoromate and methyl 2,7 dichloronorpsoromate, phyllopsorin, chlorophyllopsorin, vicanicin and norvicanicin.[3]

It is found in Australia and North and South America.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Homotypic Synonyms. Basionym Name: Lecidea ochroxantha Nyl., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4 11: 223 (1859)". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Phyllopsora ochroxantha". www.anbg.gov.au. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  3. ^ a b Kondratyuk, S. Y.; Lőkös, L.; Farkas, E.; Jang, S.-H.; Liu, D.; Halda, J.; Persson, P.-E.; Hansson, M.; Kärnefelt, I.; Thell, A.; Hur, J.-S. (2019). "Three new genera of the Ramalinaceae (lichen-forming Ascomycota) and the phenomenon of presence of 'extraneous mycobiont DNA' in lichen associations". Acta Botanica Hungarica. 61 (3–4): 275–323. doi:10.1556/034.61.2019.3-4.5. ISSN 0236-6495.