Anzia pseudocolpota is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Found in southwestern China, it was formally described as a new species in 2015 by Xin-Yu Wang and Li-Song Wang. The type specimen was collected by the second author from Lidiping mountain (Weixi County, Yunnan) at an altitude of 3,350 m (10,990 ft), where it was found growing on Loranthus bark. It is named for its similarity to Anzia colpota, from which it differs by the presence of a central axis, a discontinuous spongiostratum (a layer of net-like anastomosing hyphae), and the presence of the lichen product divaricatic acid. The lichen is only known to occur in Sichuan and Yunnan, at elevation ranges between 2,500 and 3,700 m (8,200 and 12,100 ft).[1]
| Anzia pseudocolpota | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Anzia |
| Species: | A. pseudocolpota
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| Binomial name | |
| Anzia pseudocolpota Xin Y.Wang & Li S.Wang (2015)
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References
edit- ^ Wang, Xin Yu; Goffinet, Bernard; Liu, Dong; Liang, Meng Meng; Shi, Hai Xia; Zhang, Yan Yun; Zhang, Jun; Wang, Li Song (2015). "Taxonomic study of the genus Anzia (Lecanorales, lichenized Ascomycota) from Hengduan Mountains, China". The Lichenologist. 47 (2): 99–115. doi:10.1017/S0024282914000644. S2CID 87916877.
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