Bacidia depriestiana

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Bacidia depriestiana
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Ramalinaceae
Genus: Bacidia
Species:
B. depriestiana
Binomial name
Bacidia depriestiana
Lendemer & Keepers (2021)

Bacidia depriestiana is a species of lichen-forming fungus in the family Ramalinaceae. [1] It is a sorediate crustose lichen that grows on the bark of white oak along forested stream banks on steep slopes in the Southern Appalachian Mountains in the United States.

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Taxoomy

Bacidia depriestiana was described as a new species by James Lendemer and Kyle Keepers in 2021. The holotype specimen was collected by Lendemer on October 12, 2016 from a south-facing slope in the Nantahala National Forest, North Carolina. The specimen (NY-03033306) was found growing on the bark of white oak ( Quercus alba ) in a mixed hardwood forest dominated by maple ( Acer ), hickory ( Carya ), black gum ( Nyssa ), and oak ( Quercus ) species, with eastern white pine ( Pinus strobus ) and an understory of rhododendron and mountain laurel ( Kalmia ); the collection site was located at an elevation of 3,250 ft (990 m). The species epithet, depriestiana, honors Paula DePriest, for her research contributions to Appalachian lichen biodiversity knowledge. [2]

Description

Bacidia depriestiana has a yellowish-grey thallus, broken up into minute areoles that are often topped are topped irregular balls of grainy blue-gray soredia. [2] Since it reproduces asexually, chemistry is important for identifying it; it produces zeorin and atranorin. [2]

Distribution

Bacidia depriestiana grows on the bark of white oak ( Quercus alba ) along forested stream banks on steep slopes in the Southern Appalachian Mountains in the United States. As of its original publication, it had been documented from three locations: in Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Bacidia depriestiana Lendemer & Keepers". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Lendemer, James C.; Keepers, Kyle G. (2021), "Bacidia depriestiana (Ramalinaceae), a new species from the southern Appalachian Mountains of eastern North America", The Bryologist, 124 (3): 362–375, doi:10.1639/0007-2745-124.3.362
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