Flavoplaca limonia is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Teloschistaceae.[2] It was first formally described as a new species in 1994 by lichenologists Pier Luigi Nimis and Josef Poelt.[3] Ulf Arup and colleagues transferred the taxon to the genus Flavoplaca in 2013, following a molecular phylogenetics-based restructuring of the family Teloschistaceae.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Teloschistales |
| Family: | Teloschistaceae |
| Genus: | Flavoplaca |
| Species: | F. limonia
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| Flavoplaca limonia | |
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Initially thought to be a southern European species, it has since been shown to have a broader distribution, having been reported from Morocco, Denmark, and Sweden. It can be differentiated from the similar-looking species Flavoplaca citrina by having larger diaspores, which are blastidia rather than soredia, averaging 85±54 μm in size.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Synonymy. Current Name: Flavoplaca limonia (Nimis & Poelt) Arup, Frödén & Søchting, Nordic Jl Bot. 31(1): 45 (2013)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ "Flavoplaca limonia (Nimis & Poelt) Arup, Frödén & Søchting". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ Nimis, P.L.; Poelt, J.; Tretiach, M.; Ottonello, D.; Puntillo, D.; Vezda, A. (1994). "Contributions to lichen floristics in Italy. VII – The lichens of Marettimo (Egadi Islands, Sicily)". Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Provence. 45: 247–262.
- ^ Arup, Ulf; Søchting, Ulrik; Frödén, Patrik (2013). "A new taxonomy of the family Teloschistaceae". Nordic Journal of Botany. 31 (1): 16–83 [45]. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.2013.00062.x.
- ^ Arup, U. (2011). "Contributions to the knowledge of Caloplaca in the Nordic countries". Graphis Scripta. 23: 10–20.
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