Loxospora ochrophaea is a species of crustose lichen in the family Sarrameanaceae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Sarrameanales |
| Family: | Sarrameanaceae |
| Genus: | Loxospora |
| Species: | L. ochrophaea
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| Loxospora ochrophaea (Tuck.) R.C.Harris (1990)
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Taxonomy
editIt was first described scientifically by American lichenologist Edward Tuckerman in 1848 as Biatora ochrophaea.[2] It has been shuffled to various genera in its taxonomic history, including Lecanora, Haematomma, and Lecania.[1] Richard Harris proposed a transfer to Loxospora in 1990.[3]
Description
editLoxospora ochrophaea has a crust-like thallus that is light gray to green with a warty texture. It has peach-coloured apothecia that have a white margin. The lichen contains thamnolic acid and zeorin as secondary compounds. Found in North America, it grows on bark.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Synonymy: Loxospora ochrophaea (Tuck.) R.C. Harris, in Egan, Bryologist 93(2): 217 (1990)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ Tuckerman, E. (1847). "A synopsis of the lichenes of the northern United States and British America". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 1: 195–285.
- ^ Egan, R.S. (1990). "Changes to the "Fifth Checklist of the Lichen-Forming, Lichenicolous and Allied Fungi of the Continental United States and Canada." Edition II". The Bryologist. 93 (2): 211–217.
- ^ Tripp, Erin A.; Lendemer, James C. (2020). Field Guide to the Lichens of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press. pp. 280–281. ISBN 978-1-62190-514-1.
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