| Loxospora ochrophaea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Sarrameanales |
| Family: | Sarrameanaceae |
| Genus: | Loxospora |
| Species: | L. ochrophaea |
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| Loxospora ochrophaea (Tuck.) R.C.Harris (1990) | |
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Loxospora ochrophaea is a species of crustose lichen in the family Sarrameanaceae.
Taxonomy
It was first described scientifically by American lichenologist Edward Tuckerman in 1848 as Biatora ochrophaea. It has been shuffled to various genera in its taxonomic history, including Lecanora, Haematomma, and Lecania. Richard Harris proposed a transfer to Loxospora in 1990.
Description
Loxospora ochrophaea has a crust-like thallus that is light gray to green with a warty texture. It has peach-coloured apothecia that have a white margin. The lichen contains thamnolic acid and zeorin as secondary compounds. Found in North America, it grows on bark.
References
- ^ "Synonymy: Loxospora ochrophaea (Tuck.) R.C. Harris, in Egan, Bryologist 93(2): 217 (1990)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- Tuckerman, E. (1847). "A synopsis of the lichenes of the northern United States and British America". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 1: 195–285.
- Egan, R.S. (1990). "Changes to the "Fifth Checklist of the Lichen-Forming, Lichenicolous and Allied Fungi of the Continental United States and Canada." Edition II". The Bryologist. 93 (2): 211–217.
- Tripp, Erin A.; Lendemer, James C. (2020). Field Guide to the Lichens of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press. pp. 280–281. ISBN 978-1-62190-514-1.
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| Loxospora ochrophaea | |
| Biatora ochrophaea | |
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