Porpidia flavicunda
Porpidia flavicunda is a species of crustose lichen in the family Lecideaceae.[1]
| Porpidia flavicunda | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecideales |
| Family: | Lecideaceae |
| Genus: | Porpidia |
| Species: | P. flavicunda |
| Binomial name | |
| Porpidia flavicunda (Ach.) Gowan (1989) | |
Taxonomy
The species was described in 1810 by Erik Acharius as Lecidea flavicunda. Since then it has been reclassified a number of times, even at genus level, having, at one time or another, been placed in the genera Lecidea, Huilia, Biatora, Haplocarpon, Lichen and its current genus, Porpidia.
The species taxonomy was last revised in 1989, when it obtained its current species name, Porpidia flavicunda.[2]
Distribution and ecology
Porpidia flavicunda has a circumpolar arctic and boreal distribution. There are indications P. flavicunda populations frequently spread their propagules to other populations, even on different continents, resulting in low amounts of genetic drift in isolated populations and a higher than expected genetic uniformity between continents.[3]
Porpidia flavicunda is among the most common and widely seen lichens in Iceland where it grows on rocks.[4]
References
- "Porpidia flavicunda (Ach.) Gowan". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- Gowan, Sharon P. (1989). "The lichen genus Porpidia (Porpidiaceae) in North America". The Bryologist. 92 (1): 25–59. doi:10.2307/3244016. JSTOR 3244016.
- Buschbom, Jutta (2007). "Migration between continents: geographical structure and long-distance gene flow in Porpidia flavicunda (lichen-forming Ascomycota)". Molecular ecology. 12: 299–313.
- Flóra Íslands [Flora of Iceland]. (No year). Ryðkarta - Porpidia flavicunda. Retrieved on 28 July 2021. (In Icelandic).