Lecania hydrophobica is a species of crustose lichen in the family Ramalinaceae. Found in Alaska, it was described as a new species in 2020 by Toby Spribille and Alan Fryday. The type specimen was collected in the Hoonah-Angoon Census Area of Glacier Bay National Park. Here it was found at an altitude of 9 m (30 ft) growing on a vertical shale outcrop. The specific epithet hydrophobic refers to the hydrophobic (water-repelling) properties of the lichen, which are possibly imparted by the wax-like filaments on the surface of the apothecial disc. Lecania hydrophobica is abundant on sheltered rock overhangs in the type locality, and is also known to occur further south – on southern Baranof Island, and in British Columbia.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Ramalinaceae |
| Genus: | Lecania |
| Species: | L. hydrophobica
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| Lecania hydrophobica T.Sprib. & Fryday (2020)
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References
edit- ^ Spribille, Toby; Fryday, Alan M.; Pérez-Ortega, Sergio; Svensson, Måns; Tønsberg, Tor; Ekman, Stefan; Holien, Håkon; Resl, Philipp; Schneider, Kevin; Stabentheiner, Edith; Thüs, Holger; Vondrák, Jan; Sharman, Lewis (2020). "Lichens and associated fungi from Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska". The Lichenologist. 52 (2): 61–181. doi:10.1017/S0024282920000079. hdl:10261/232567.
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