Phlyctis petraea

Phlyctis petraea
near Augusta, Georgia
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Gyalectales
Family:	Phlyctidaceae
Genus:	Phlyctis
Species:	P. petraea
Binomial name
Phlyctis petraea R.C.Harris, Musc., Ladd & Lendemer (2017)

Phlyctis petraea, the eggshell rock blaze, ^[1] is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) crustose lichen in the family Phlyctidaceae. ^[2] Found in eastern North America, it was formally described as a new species in 2017 by Richard Clinton Harris, Zachary Muscavitch, Douglas Ladd, and James Lendemer. ^[3] Because of its widespread occurrence throughout eastern North America and its abundant and stable populations, it is considered a species of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

References

1. Lendemer, J. (2022). "Phlyctis petraea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022 e.T180096965A180097016. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T180096965A180097016.en . Retrieved July 4, 2024.
2. "Phlyctis petraea R.C. Harris, Musc., Ladd & Lendemer". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
3. Muscavitch, Zachary M.; Lendemer, James C.; Harris, Richard C. (2017). "A review of the lichen genus Phlyctis in North America (Phlyctidaceae) including the description of a new widespread saxicolous species from eastern North America". The Bryologist. 120 (4): 388–417. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-120.4.388.