Atla tibelliorum

Atla tibelliorum is a rare species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) in the family Verrucariaceae. Found in Finland and the United States, it was formally described as a new species in 2016 by Juha Pykälä and Leena Myllys. The type specimen was collected by the first author near Toskaljärvi lake (Porojärvi, Enontekiö); there, in a calcareous alpine grassland at an altitude of 730 m (2,400 ft), the lichen was found growing on dolomite pebbles. It has also been collected from Franklin Bluffs, Alaska, where it was growing on high-pH soil in dwarf shrub tundra. The species epithet tibelliorum honours "Sanja and Leif Tibell, the mother and father of the genus Atla".[1]

Atla tibelliorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Verrucariales
Family: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Atla
Species:
A. tibelliorum
Binomial name
Atla tibelliorum
Pykälä & Myllys (2016)

References

  1. Pykälä, Juha; Myllys, Leena (2016). "Three new species of Atla from calcareous rocks (Verrucariaceae, lichenized Ascomycota)". The Lichenologist. 48 (2): 111–120. doi:10.1017/s0024282915000523.


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