Anzia colpodes, commonly known as the black foam lichen, is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), foliose lichen in the large family Parmeliaceae.[2] It occurs in eastern North America.

Anzia colpodes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Anzia
Species:
A. colpodes
Binomial name
Anzia colpodes
(Ach.) Stizenb. (1862)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lichen colpodes Ach. (1799)
  • Parmelia colpodes (Ach.) Ach. (1803)
  • Lichen diatrypus * colpodes (Ach.) Lam. (1813)

Taxonomy

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The lichen was first formally described as a new species by the Swedish lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1799.[3] He classified it in the eponymous genus Lichen, which was standard at the time. In 1803 he transferred it to the genus Parmelia.[4] Ernst Stizenberger transferred it to the genus Anzia in 1862.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "GSD Species Synonymy. Current Name: Anzia colpodes (Ach.) Stizenb., Flora, Regensburg 45: 243 (1862)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Anzia colpodes (Ach.) Stizenb". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  3. ^ Acharius, E. (1799). Lichenographiae Svecicae Prodromus (in Latin). Linköping: D.G.Björn. p. 124.
  4. ^ Acharius, E. (1803). Methodus qua Omnes Detectos Lichenes Secundum Organa Carpomorpha ad Genera, Species et Varietates Redigere atque Observationibus Illustrare Tentavit Erik Acharius. Stockholm: F.D.D. Ulrich. p. 251.
  5. ^ Stizenberger, E. (1862). "De Parmelia colpode". Flora. 45: 241–243.