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Buellia sharpiana
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Caliciales
Family:	Caliciaceae
Genus:	Buellia
Species:	B. sharpiana
Binomial name
Buellia sharpiana Lendemer & R.C.Harris (2013)

Buellia sharpiana is a species of crustose lichen in the family Physciaceae. It was formally described as a new species in 2013 by lichenologists James Lendemer and Richard Harris. The type specimen was collected from the summit area of Mount Le Conte at an altitude of 6,300 ft (1,900 m). The specific epithet sharpiana honors Evelyn Bunches Sharp, wife of bryologist Aaron J. Sharp. The Sharps collected samples for the cryptogamic herbarium at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, especially after the original collection was destroyed by a fire in 1998.

In 2020, the lichen was assessed as a vulnerable species by the IUCN.

See also

• List of Buellia species

References

1. Lendemer, James C.; Harris, Richard C. (2013). "Buellia sharpiana (Physciaceae, lichenized ascomycetes), another new species from the Great Smoky Mountains of eastern North America". Castanea. 78 (2): 148–153. doi:10.2179/13-002.
2. Allen, J.; Lendemer, J.; McMullin, T. (2020). "Buellia sharpiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

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