Parmeliella triptophylloides
Parmeliella triptophylloides is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Pannariaceae. Found in east Africa, it was formally described as a new species in 2003 by Norwegian lichenologist Per Magnus Jørgensen. The type specimen was collected by Dutch mycologist Rudolf Arnold Maas Geesteranus in 1949, from the Cherang'any Hills (Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya) at an elevation of 900 m (3,000 ft).[1] In addition to the type locality, it has also been recorded from the Luhangalo Plateau in Tanzania.[2]
| Parmeliella triptophylloides | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Peltigerales |
| Family: | Pannariaceae |
| Genus: | Parmeliella |
| Species: | P. triptophylloides |
| Binomial name | |
| Parmeliella triptophylloides P.M.Jørg. (2003) | |
Parmeliella triptophylloides has a thallus that is both crustose (crusty) and squamulose (scaley), and in maturity breaks into areoles. The thallus rests upon a blackish, crust-like prothallus. The squamules are rounded to elongated, smooth and greyish-brown, measuring up to 1.5 mm (0.06 in) wide. Greyish-blue isidia covers the squamules and obscure the thallus. The lichen is somewhat similar in morphology to Parmeliella triptophylla; the specific epithet triptophylloides refers to this resemblance.[1]
References
- Jørgensen, Per M. (2003). "Notes on African Pannariaceae (lichenized ascomycetes)". The Lichenologist. 35 (1): 11–20. doi:10.1006/lich.2002.0424. S2CID 85601507.
- Alstrup, V.; Christensen, S.N. (2006). "New records of lichens with cyanobacteriafrom Tanzania and Kenya" (PDF). Cryptogamie, Mycologie. 27 (1): 57–68.