Melanohalea austroamericana

Melanohalea austroamericana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Parmeliaceae
Genus:	Melanohalea
Species:	M. austroamericana
Binomial name
	Melanohalea austroamericana; Essl., Divakar, A.Crespo, S.Leavitt & Lumbsch (2016)

Melanohalea austroamericana is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was described as a new species in 2016. The lichen is known only from two specimens collected in Chile's Laguna del Laja National Park, where they were discovered growing on bark in a forest of Chilean cedar. The specific epithet austroamericana refers to its South American distribution.^[1]

Although Melanohalea ushuaiensis is somewhat similar in appearance to Melanohalea austroamericana, the latter species is clearly distinguished from the former by the presence of both soredia and isidia.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Leavitt, Steven D.; Esslinger, Theodore L.; Divakar, Pradeep K.; Crespo, Ana; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten (2016). "Hidden diversity before our eyes: Delimiting and describing cryptic lichen-forming fungal species in camouflage lichens (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota)". Fungal Biology. 120 (11): 1374–1391. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2016.06.001. PMID 27742095.

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[Leavitt_et_al._2016-1] Leavitt, Steven D.; Esslinger, Theodore L.; Divakar, Pradeep K.; Crespo, Ana; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten (2016). "Hidden diversity before our eyes: Delimiting and describing cryptic lichen-forming fungal species in camouflage lichens (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota)". Fungal Biology. 120 (11): 1374–1391. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2016.06.001. PMID 27742095.

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