Orceolina kerguelensis

Orceolina kerguelensis is a lichen in the family Trapeliaceae. It is the type species of the genus Orceolina.

Orceolina kerguelensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Baeomycetales
Family: Trapeliaceae
Genus: Orceolina
Species:
O. kerguelensis
Binomial name
Orceolina kerguelensis
(Tuck.) Hertel (1970)
Synonyms
  • Urceolina kerguelensis Tuck. (1875)

Ecology

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Its predators include the land snail Notodiscus hookeri.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Gadea, A., Le Pogam, P., Biver, G., Boustie, J., Le Lamer, A. C., Le Dévéhat, F., & Charrier, M. (2017). "Which Specialized Metabolites Does the Native Subantarctic Gastropod Notodiscus hookeri Extract from the Consumption of the Lichens Usnea taylorii and Pseudocyphellaria crocata?". Molecules 22(3): 425. doi:10.3390/molecules22030425