Melanohalea beringiana
| Melanohalea beringiana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Melanohalea |
| Species: | M. beringiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanohalea beringiana S.Leavitt, Essl., Divakar, A.Crespo & Lumbsch (2016)
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Melanohalea beringiana is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was described as a new species in 2016. The type was collected near the Richardson Highway, north of Paxson, Alaska, where it was found growing on the bark of a trunk of balsam poplar. The specific epithet beringiana refers to its Alaskan distribution. It is morphologically similar to , but is genetically distinct from that species.[1]
References[]
- ^ 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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Categories:
- Melanohalea
- Lichens described in 2016
- Lichens of North America
- Taxa named by Helge Thorsten Lumbsch
- Taxa named by Ana Crespo
- Taxa named by Pradeep Kumar Divakar
- Parmeliaceae stubs