Lecanora kohu
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Lecanoraceae |
| Genus: | Lecanora |
| Species: | L. kohu
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| Binomial name | |
| Lecanora kohu Printzen, Blanchon, Fryday & de Lange (2017)
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Lecanora kohu is a species of lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. Found in the Chatham Islands of New Zealand, it was formally described as new to science in 2017.[1]
It is similar in morphology to , from which it is distinguished by the continuous, areolate thallus, immersed apothecia with pale pink to pink-brown discs, and by the presence of atranorin and rather than usnic acid, and xanthones in the thallus.[1]
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References[]
- ^ a b Printzen, C.; Blanchon, D.J.; Fryday, A.M.; de Lange, P.J.; Houston, D. M.; Rolfe, J.R. (2017). "Lecanora kohu, a new species of Lecanora (lichenised Ascomycota: Lecanoraceae) from the Chatham Islands, New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 55 (4): 439–451. doi:10.1080/0028825X.2017.1364274.
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