Loxospora ochrophaea

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Loxospora ochrophaea
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Apparently Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Sarrameanales
Family: Sarrameanaceae
Genus: Loxospora
Species:
L. ochrophaea
Binomial name
Loxospora ochrophaea
(Tuck.) R.C.Harris (1990)
Synonyms [2]
  • Biatora ochrophaeaTuck. (1848)
  • Lecanora ochrophaea(Tuck.) Nyl. (1857)
  • Haematomma ochrophaeum(Tuck.) A.Massal. (1860)
  • Lecanora elatina f. ochrophaea(Tuck.) Tuck. (1882)
  • Lecanora elatina var. ochrophaea(Tuck.) Tuck. (1882)
  • Lecania ochrophaea(Tuck.) Müll.Arg. (1891)
  • Haematomma elatinum var. ochrophaeum(Tuck.) G.Merr. & Burnham (1922)

Loxospora ochrophaea is a species of crustose lichen in the family Sarrameanaceae.

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Taxonomy

It was first described scientifically by American lichenologist Edward Tuckerman in 1848 as Biatora ochrophaea. [3] It has been shuffled to various genera in its taxonomic history, including Lecanora , Haematomma , and Lecania . [2] Richard Harris proposed a transfer to Loxospora in 1990. [4]

Description

Loxospora ochrophaea has a crust-like thallus that is light gray to green with a warty texture. It has peach-coloured apothecia that have a white margin. The lichen contains thamnolic acid and zeorin as secondary compounds. Found in North America, it grows on bark. [5]

References

  1. ↑ NatureServe. "Loxospora ochrophaea". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Synonymy: Loxospora ochrophaea (Tuck.) R.C. Harris, in Egan, Bryologist 93(2): 217 (1990)". Species Fungorum . Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  3. ↑ Tuckerman, E. (1847). "A synopsis of the lichenes of the northern United States and British America". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 1: 195–285.
  4. ↑ Egan, R.S. (1990). "Changes to the "Fifth Checklist of the Lichen-Forming, Lichenicolous and Allied Fungi of the Continental United States and Canada." Edition II". The Bryologist. 93 (2): 211–217.
  5. ↑ Tripp, Erin A.; Lendemer, James C. (2020). Field Guide to the Lichens of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press. pp. 280–281. ISBN   978-1-62190-514-1.


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