Verrucaria halizoa

Verrucaria halizoa is a widespread species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Verrucariaceae.[2] It was formally described as a new species in 1871 by William Allport Leighton.[3] The lichen has a thin, superficial thallus that is pale olive-green to brown in colour; it lacks ridges or punctae. The thallus is somewhat gelatinous, and more or less translucent when moist. It grows in shaded nooks and crannies among seashore rocks, in the mid-littoral zone. The widely distributed species occurs in Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, the subantarctic islands, and Antarctica.[4]

Verrucaria halizoa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Verrucariales
Family: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Verrucaria
Species:
V. halizoa
Binomial name
Verrucaria halizoa
Leight. (1871)
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Arthopyrenia halizoa (Leight.) Arnold (1891)
  • Thelidium halizoa (Leight.) Eitner (1911)
  • Verrucaria frisiaca Erichsen (1930)
  • Verrucaria microspora f. friesiaca (Erichsen) R.Sant. (1939)
  • Verrucaria microspora var. friesiaca (Erichsen) Erichsen (1941)
  • Verrucaria mackenzie-lambii Erichsen (1940)
  • Verrucaria cribbii R.W.Rogers (1988)

See also

References
  1. "GSD Species Synonymy. Current Name: Verrucaria halizoa Leight., Lich.-Fl. Great Brit.: 436 (1871)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  2. "Verrucaria halizoa Leight". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  3. Leighton, William Allport (1871). The lichen-flora of Great Britain, Ireland, and the Channel Islands (3rd ed.). Shrewsbury: Printed for the author. p. 461.
  4. Orange, A.; Hawksworth, D.L.; McCarthy, P.M.; Fletcher, A. (2009). "Verrucaria". In Smith, C.W.; Aptroot, A.; Coppins, B.J.; Fletcher, A.; Gilbert, O.L.; James, P.W.; Wolseley, P.A. (eds.). The Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland. London: British Lichen Society. p. 949.
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