Leimonis erratica

Leimonis erratica is a species of crustose lichen in the family Pilocarpaceae. A widely distributed species that grows on siliceous rock, it is found in Asia, Australia, North America, and Réunion.[2]

Leimonis erratica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Pilocarpaceae
Genus: Leimonis
Species:
L. erratica
Binomial name
Leimonis erratica
(Körb.) R.C.Harris & Lendemer (2009)
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Biatora moestula (Nyl.) Arnold (1871)]
  • Biatorina expansa Arnold (1861)
  • Lecidea demarginata Nyl. (1878)
  • Lecidea dispansa Nyl. (1866)
  • Lecidea erratica Körb. (1861)
  • Lecidea erratica f. demarginata (Nyl.) Vain. (1934)
  • Lecidea erratica f. dendroides Erichsen (1938)
  • Lecidea erratica var. demarginata (Nyl.) Lettau (1912)
  • Lecidea expansa Nyl. (1861)
  • Lecidea expansa f. demarginata (Nyl.) Arnold (1884)
  • Lecidea expansa subsp. demarginata (Nyl.) A.L.Sm. (1911)
  • Lecidea expansa var. demarginata (Nyl.) A.L.Sm. (1926)
  • Lecidea moestula Nyl. (1868)
  • Lecidea sarcogynoides * dispansa (Nyl.) Branth & Rostr. (1869)
  • Lecidea tephrizans Leight. (1878)
  • Micarea erratica (Körb.) Hertel, Rambold & Pietschm. (1989)

Taxonomy

The lichen was originally described in 1861 by German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber as a member of genus Lecidea.[3] In 2009, Richard Harris and James Lendemer transferred it to the new genus Leimonis, in which it is the type species.[4]

References
  1. "Synonymy. Current Name: Leimonis erratica (Körb.) R.C. Harris & Lendemer, Opuscula Philolichenum 6: 151 (2009)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  2. Coppins, Brian J.; Kashiwadani, Hiroyuki; Moon, Kwang Hee; Spribille, Toby; Thor, Göran (2021). "The genera Brianaria (Psoraceae) and Micarea (Pilocarpaceae) in Japan, with reports on other interesting species in Asia". The Lichenologist. 53 (1): 35–44. doi:10.1017/s0024282920000468.
  3. Körber, Gustav Wilhelm (1861). Parerga lichenologica. Ergänzungen zum Systema lichenum Germaniae (in Latin). Vol. 3. Breslau: E. Trewendt. p. 233.
  4. Harris, R.C. (2009). "Four novel lichen taxa in the lichen biota of eastern North America". Opuscula Philolichenum. 6: 151.


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