Phyllopsora ochroxantha

Phyllopsora ochroxantha
Scientific classification
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

1. "Homotypic Synonyms. Basionym Name: Lecidea ochroxantha Nyl., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4 11: 223 (1859)". Index Fungorum . Retrieved 25 March 2024.
2. "Phyllopsora ochroxantha". www.anbg.gov.au. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
3. 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.