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Caloplaca ahtii

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Species of lichen

Caloplaca ahtii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Teloschistales
Family: Teloschistaceae
Genus: Caloplaca
Species: C. ahtii
Binomial name
Caloplaca ahtii
Søchting (1994)

Caloplaca ahtii is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) crustose lichen in the family Teloschistaceae. Found in Europe, it was formally described as a new species in 1994 by Ulrik Søchting. The type locality was in Finland, and the type specimen was found growing on Populus. The species epithet honours Finnish lichenologist Teuvo Ahti. In 2022, the species was documented from North-Western European Russia. It is also found in North America.

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References

  1. Søchting, U. (1994). "Caloplaca ahtii Søchting spec. nova and other Caloplaca species with greenish-bluish soredia from the northern hemisphere". Acta Botanica Fennica. 150: 173–178.
  2. Himelbrant, D.E.; Stepanchikova, I.S.; Gagarina, L.V.; Tsurykau, A.G.; Konoreva, L.A. (2022). "Remarkable lichen diversity in the old manor park Osinovaya Roscha (St. Petersburg, Russia)". Novosti Sistematiki Nizshikh Rastenii. 56 (1): 103–124. doi:10.31111/nsnr/2022.56.1.103. S2CID 248075778.
  3. Brodo, Irwin; Lee, Robert; Freebury, Colin; Wong, Pak Yau; Lewis, Christopher; McMullin, Troy (2021). "Additions to the lichens, allied fungi, and lichenicolous fungi of the Ottawa region in Ontario and Quebec, with reflections on a changing biota". The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 135 (1): 1–27. doi:10.22621/cfn.v135i1.2557. S2CID 237885861.
Taxon identifiers
Caloplaca ahtii


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