Melanohalea mexicana

Melanohalea mexicana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Parmeliaceae
Genus:	Melanohalea
Species:	M. mexicana
Binomial name
	Melanohalea mexicana; Essl. & R.-E.Pérez (2010)

Melanohalea mexicana is a species of lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Found in Mexico, it was described as a new species in 2010 by Ted Esslinger and Rosa Emilia Pérez-Pérez.^[1] Within the genus Melanohalea, molecular phylogenetic analysis places it in the "subolivacea" group, which includes the species M. subolivacea and M. clairi.^[2]

References[]

^ Esslinger, Theodore L.; Pérez-Pérez, Rosa Emilia (2010). "The lichen genus Melanohalea in Mexico, including a new endemic species". Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 105: 271–272.
^ 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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[Esslinger_&_Pérez_Pérez_2010-1] Esslinger, Theodore L.; Pérez-Pérez, Rosa Emilia (2010). "The lichen genus Melanohalea in Mexico, including a new endemic species". Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 105: 271–272.

[Leavitt_et_al._2016-2] 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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