Lecanora thysanophora

Lecanora thysanophora is an eastern North American lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. It is a common crustose species, easily recognized by its sorediate thallus, usually encircled by a grey prothallus.[1]

Lecanora thysanophora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Lecanoraceae
Genus: Lecanora
Species:
L. thysanophora
Binomial name
Lecanora thysanophora
R.C.Harris (2000)

It has been reported from the Seychelles.[2]

See also

References

  1. Harris RC, Brodo IM, Tønsberg T (2000). "Lecanora thysanophora, a common leprose lichen in eastern North America". The Bryologist. 103 (4): 790–3. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2000)103[0790:LTACLL]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 3244346.
  2. Neuwirth, Gerhard; Stocker-Wörgötter, Elfie (2017). "Twenty-five lichen species new to the Seychelles" (PDF). STAPFIA. 107: 153–161.


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