Xanthomendoza rosmarieae

Xanthomendoza rosmarieae is a species of lichen in the family Teloschistaceae. Known only from the type locality in Sussex County, Delaware, it was described as new to science in 2011. It is named after the Swiss lichenologist Rosmarie Honegger.[1]

Xanthomendoza rosmarieae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Teloschistales
Family: Teloschistaceae
Genus: Xanthomendoza
Species:
X. rosmarieae
Binomial name
Xanthomendoza rosmarieae

References

  1. Lumbsch T, Ahti T, Altermann S, Arup U, Kärnefelt I, Thell A, et al. (2011). "One hundred new species of lichenized fungi: a signature of undiscovered global diversity" (PDF). Phytotaxa. 18 (1): 1–127 (see pp. 114–5). doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.18.1.1.


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