Lecanora louisianae is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. It was formally described as a new species in 1932 by French lichenologist Maurice Bouly de Lesdain.[1] It is common and widespread in the Coastal Plain region of southeastern North America.[2]

Lecanora louisianae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Lecanoraceae
Genus: Lecanora
Species:
L. louisianae
Binomial name
Lecanora louisianae
B.de Lesd. (1932)

Arthonia agelastica is a lichenicolous fungus that parasitises Lecanora louisianae. Infection by the fungus causes bleaching or discolouration, or (less often) no obvious effect on the host. Some other lichenicolous fungi recorded on L. louisianae include Skyttea lecanorae, Chaenothecopsis kalbii, and Taeniolella delicata.[2]

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  1. ^ Bouly de Lesdain, M. (1932). "Notes lichénologiques. XXV" [Lichenological notes. XXV]. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (in French). 78 (5): 726–731.
  2. ^ a b Lendemer, James C.; Harris, Richard C.; Ruiz, Ana Maria (2016). "A review of the lichens of the Dare Regional biodiversity hotspot in the mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain of North Carolina, Eastern North America". Castanea. 81 (1): 1–77 [30]. doi:10.2179/15-073r2.