Physcia stellaris
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Caliciales |
Family: | Physciaceae |
Genus: | Physcia |
Species: | P. stellaris
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Physcia stellaris | |
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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[]
- ^ Brodo, Irwin M.; Sharnoff, Sylvia Duran; Sharnoff, Stephen (2001). Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. p. 558. ISBN 978-0300082494.
Categories:
- Caliciales
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Lichens described in 1753
- Lichens of North America
- Caliciales stubs