Physcia stellaris

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Physcia stellaris
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Caliciales
Family: Physciaceae
Genus: Physcia
Species:
P. stellaris
Binomial name
Physcia stellaris
(L.) Nyl. (1853)
Synonyms
  • Lichen stellaris L. (1753)

Physcia stellaris is a species of lichen. It is pale grey, but darker in the centre, and lacks isidia, lobules, soredia and pruina. It tests negative with potassium hydroxide. In North America, it is known colloquially as the fringed rosette lichen.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Brodo, Irwin M.; Sharnoff, Sylvia Duran; Sharnoff, Stephen (2001). Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. p. 558. ISBN 978-0300082494.


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