Xanthoparmelia idahoensis

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Xanthoparmelia idahoensis
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Status TNC G1.svg
Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe) [1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Xanthoparmelia
Species:
X. idahoensis
Binomial name
Xanthoparmelia idahoensis
Hale (1989) [2]

Xanthoparmelia idahoensis is a lichen which belongs to the Xanthoparmelia genus. [3] The lichen is uncommon and is listed as endangered by the Nature Conservatory. [1]

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Description

X. idahoensis grows in bunches and is found on soil. Its lobes are firm but can break apart when collected. Samples collected have been 2–4 cm in diameter with broad yellowish green lobes which are approximately 1.5-4 mm wide and are contorted or twisted. It has very spare simple rhizines on the underside that are 0.2-0.3mm long. [2]

Habitat and range

X. idahoensis is found in the North American southwest including the US states of Idaho, Colorado, and Wyoming and the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. [1] [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "NatureServe Explorer - Xanthoparmelia idahoensis". NatureServe Explorer Xanthoparmelia idahoensis. NatureServe. 2022-10-07. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 Hale, Mason E. (1990). A synopsis of the lichen genus Xanthoparmelia (Vainio) Hale (Ascomycotina, Parmeliaceae) /. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.123253.
  3. St. Clair, Larry L.; Johansen, Jeffrey R.; Rushforth, Samuel R. (1993). "Lichens of Soil Crust Communities in the Intermountain Area of the Western United States". The Great Basin Naturalist. 53 (1): 5–12. ISSN   0017-3614. JSTOR   41712752.
  4. Goffinet, Bernard; Rosentreter, Roger; Sérusiaux, Emmanuël (2001). "A second locality for Xanthoparmelia idahoensis Hale, an endangered vagrant lichen, new to Canada". Evansia. 18 (2): 58–59. doi: 10.5962/p.346513 . S2CID   130613095.
  5. Diaz, Vanessa Marie. The Xanthoparmelia of Colorado: Diversity and Distributions. ISBN   978-1-369-17711-4. OCLC   972717191.