| Placomaronea mendozae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Candelariomycetes |
| Order: | Candelariales |
| Family: | Candelariaceae |
| Genus: | Placomaronea |
| Species: | P. mendozae |
| Binomial name | |
| Placomaronea mendozae (Räsänen) M.Westb. (2004) | |
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Placomaronea mendozae is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) crustose lichen in the family Candelariaceae. Found in South America and the United States, it was formally described as a new species in 1941 by Finnish lichenologist Veli Räsänen. The type specimen was collected in Las Heras, Mendoza (Argentina) in 1939. Räsänen named it as a variety of Candelariella vitellina; Martin Westberg promoted the taxon to distinct species status in 2004. The lichen occurs along the Andes in Argentina and Peru, and in Arizona, USA. It is the only Placomaronea that has been found in North America.
References
- ^ Westberg, Martin; Frödén, Patrik; Wedin, Mats (2009). "A monograph of the genus Placomaronea (Ascomycota, Candelariales)". The Lichenologist. 41 (5): 513–527. doi:10.1017/S0024282909990156. S2CID 90349733.
- "Placomaronea mendozae (Räsänen) M. Westb". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- Räsänen, V. (1941). "La flora liquenologica de Mendoza (Argentina)" (PDF). Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina, Buenos Aires E III. 131: 97–110 .
- Westberg, M. (2004). "Placomaronea". In Nash III, T.H.; Ryan, B.D.; Diederich, P.; Gries, C.; Bungartz, F. (eds.). Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. Vol. 2. Tempe, Arizona: Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University. p. 419. ISBN 978-0-9716759-1-9.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Placomaronea mendozae | |
| Candelariella vitellina var. mendozae | |