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Pseudocyphellaria argyracea

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Pseudocyphellaria argyracea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Peltigerales
Family: Peltigeraceae
Genus: Pseudocyphellaria
Species:
P. argyracea
Binomial name
Pseudocyphellaria argyracea
(Delise) Vain. (1898)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lichen argyraceus Bory (1822)
  • Pseudocyphellaria argyracea var. sorediifera (Delise) Malme (1899)
  • Sticta argyracea Delise (1822)
  • Sticta argyracea var. sorediifera Delise (1825)
  • Stictina argyracea (Delise) Nyl. (1860)
  • Stictina argyracea f. sorediifera (Delise) Stizenb. (1895)
  • Stictina argyracea var. sorediifera (Delise) Stizenb. (1890)

Pseudocyphellaria argyracea is a species of foliose lichen in the family Peltigeraceae. It was first scientifically described in 1822 by Dominique François Delise.[2] Edvard Vainio transferred it to the genus Pseudocyphellaria in 1898.

Description

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Pseudocyphellaria argyracea has a foliose thallus that ranges from rosette-forming to irregularly spreading. Its upper surface features laminal white soralia and pseudocyphellae, while the pseudocyphellae and lobe margins bear simple to coralloid isidia.[3]

Habitat and distribution

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From East Africa to India, Japan, New Zealand, South America, and the Pacific islands, Pseudocyphellaria argyracea has a broad distribution in the Palaeotropics.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Synonymy. Current Name: Pseudocyphellaria argyracea (Delise) Vain., Hedwigia 37(Beibl.): (35) (1898)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  2. ^ Delise, D.F. (1822). Histoire de Lichens, Genre Sticta (in French). p. 91.
  3. ^ a b Ohmura, Yoshihito (2011). "Notes on Eight Threatened Species of Lichens in Japan" (PDF). Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series B (Botany). 37 (2): 55–61.