Szczawinskia leucopoda

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Szczawinskia leucopoda
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Pilocarpaceae
Genus: Szczawinskia
Species:
S. leucopoda
Binomial name
Szczawinskia leucopoda
Holien & Tønsberg (2002)

Szczawinskia leucopoda is a species of lichen belonging to the family Pilocarpaceae. [1]

Native to Norway, [1] it was described as a new species in 2002 by the lichenologists Håkon Holien and Tor Tønsberg. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Szczawinskia leucopoda Holien & Tønsberg". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  2. Holien, H.; Tønsberg, T. (2002). "Two new species in the lichen genus Szczawinskia A. Funk". The Lichenologist. 34 (5): 369–372. doi:10.1006/lich.2002.0408.