Caloplaca ahtii
Caloplaca ahtii is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) crustose lichen in the family Teloschistaceae. Found in Europe, it was formally described as a new species in 1994 by Ulrik Søchting. The type locality was in Finland, and the type specimen was found growing on Populus. The species epithet honours Finnish lichenologist Teuvo Ahti.[1] In 2022, the species was documented from North-Western European Russia.[2] It is also found in North America.[3]
| Caloplaca ahtii | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Teloschistales |
| Family: | Teloschistaceae |
| Genus: | Caloplaca |
| Species: | C. ahtii |
| Binomial name | |
| Caloplaca ahtii Søchting (1994) | |
See also
References
- Søchting, U. (1994). "Caloplaca ahtii Søchting spec. nova and other Caloplaca species with greenish-bluish soredia from the northern hemisphere". Acta Botanica Fennica. 150: 173–178.
- Himelbrant, D.E.; Stepanchikova, I.S.; Gagarina, L.V.; Tsurykau, A.G.; Konoreva, L.A. (2022). "Remarkable lichen diversity in the old manor park Osinovaya Roscha (St. Petersburg, Russia)". Novosti Sistematiki Nizshikh Rastenii. 56 (1): 103–124. doi:10.31111/nsnr/2022.56.1.103. S2CID 248075778.
- Brodo, Irwin; Lee, Robert; Freebury, Colin; Wong, Pak Yau; Lewis, Christopher; McMullin, Troy (2021). "Additions to the lichens, allied fungi, and lichenicolous fungi of the Ottawa region in Ontario and Quebec, with reflections on a changing biota". The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 135 (1): 1–27. doi:10.22621/cfn.v135i1.2557. S2CID 237885861.
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