Leprocaulon beechingii

Leprocaulon beechingii is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), leprose lichen in the family Leprocaulaceae.[1] Found in the southern Appalachian Mountains of eastern North America, it was formally described as a new species in 2020 by lichenologist James Lendemer. Its main distinguishing physical characteristic is the placodioid thallus of the normandinoides-type, with raised, crisp margins. Chemically, it contains the secondary chemical products zeorin and usnic acid. The latter of these substances gives the thallus a greenish-yellow colouration.[2]

Leprocaulon beechingii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Leprocaulales
Family: Leprocaulaceae
Genus: Leprocaulon
Species:
L. beechingii
Binomial name
Leprocaulon beechingii
Lendemer (2020)

References

  1. "Leprocaulon beechingii Lendemer". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  2. Lendemer, James C. (2020). "Leprocaulon beechingii (Leprocaulaceae), a new species from the southern Appalachian Mountains of eastern North America". The Bryologist. 123 (1): 1–10. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-123.1.001. S2CID 212649999.


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