Ochrolechia frigida is a species of lichen belonging to the family Ochrolechiaceae. It was first formally described by Olof Peter Swartz in 1781, as Lichen frigidus. Bernt Arne Lynge transferred it to Ochrolechia in 1928.[2]

Ochrolechia frigida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Pertusariales
Family: Ochrolechiaceae
Genus: Ochrolechia
Species:
O. frigida
Binomial name
Ochrolechia frigida
(Sw.) Lynge (1928)
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Isidium gonatodes (Ach.) Ach.
  • Lecanora tartarea var. frigida (Sw.) Ach.
  • Lecanora tartarea var. gonatodes (Ach.) Ach.
  • Lichen frigidus Sw.
  • Lichen gonatodes Ach.
  • Lichen tartareus var. frigidus (Sw.) Wahlenb.
  • Lichen tartareus var. gonatodes (Ach.) Wahlenb.
  • Ochrolechia elisabethae-kolae Verseghy
  • Ochrolechia frigida f. gonatodes (Ach.) Lynge
  • Ochrolechia frigida var. gonatodes (Ach.)
  • Ochrolechia gonatodes (Ach.) Räsänen
  • Ochrolechia pterulina (Nyl.) G.E.Howard
  • Ochrolechia tartarea var. frigida (Sw.) Körb.
  • Ochrolechia tartarea var. gonatodes (Ach.) Vain.
  • Ochrolechia tartarea var. grandiosa (Ach.) Arnold
  • Ochrolechia tartarea var. thelephoroides (Th.Fr.) Arnold
  • Parmelia tartarea var. frigida (Sw.) Ach.
  • Parmelia tartarea var. gonatodes (Ach.) Ach.
  • Psora frigida (Sw.) Hoffm.
  • Rinodina frigida (Sw.) Gray

It is a known host species to the lichenicolous fungus species Sphaerellothecium araneosum and Weddellomyces tartaricola.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Ochrolechia frigida". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  2. ^ Lynge, B. (1928). Lichens from Novaya Zemlya (excl. of Acarospora and Lecanora). Report of the Scientific Results of the Norwegian Expedition to Novaya Zemlya 1921 (Report). p. 182.
  3. ^ Svane, Svanhildur Jónsdóttir; Alstrup, Vagn (2004). "Some lichenicolous fungi from Iceland" (PDF). Acta Botanica Islandica. 14: 53–58.