Degelia plumbea (also called blue felt lichen)[4] is a species of grey to blue-black or brown foliose lichen in the genus Degelia.[5] It mostly grows on trees in undisturbed woodlands but occasionally on coastal rocks.[5][6] It is found widely in Britain and western Ireland as well as in America and Canada, as it grows in maritime Atlantic climates.[5][7][8]
| Degelia plumbea | |
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| Degelia plumbea in Brittany, France | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Peltigerales |
| Family: | Pannariaceae |
| Genus: | Degelia |
| Species: | D. plumbea
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| Binomial name | |
| Degelia plumbea | |
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D. plumbea is highly sensitive to acid rain and climatic changes. D. plumbea and other lichen are highly sensitive to high light and have a high-water holding capacity. Other factors like method of dispersal and obtaining the appropriate substrate effects the growth and prosperity of the fungi. The genes in the D. plumbea don’t share a common ancestral gene through speciation due to potential environmental changes.[9][10][11]
Degelia cyanoloma was previously thought to be a variant of D. plumbea.[12]
References
edit- ^ P. M. Jørgensen; P. W. James (1990). "Studies in the lichen family Pannariaceae IV: The genus Degelia". Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 38: 253–276. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "Pectenia plumbea". Fungi and Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "Parmeliella plumbea". MycoBank. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "Blue Felt Lichen Degelia plumbea". iNaturalist. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ a b c "Species: Degelia plumbea sens. str". Irish Lichens. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "Degelia plumbea (Lightf.) P.M.Jørg. & P.James". Lichen Ireland. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "Degelia plumbea (Lightf.) P.M. Jørg. & P. James degelia lichen". USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Plants Database. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "Pectenia plumbea (Lightf.) P.M. Jørg., L. Lindblom, Wedin & Ekman (redirected from: Degelia plumbea (Lightf.) P.M. Jørg. & P. James)". Consortium of North American Lichen Herbaria. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ Ekman, S., Wedin, M., Lindblom, L., & Jorgensen, P. M. (2014). "). Extended phylogeny and a revised generic classification of the Pannariaceae (Peltigerales, Ascomycota)". The Lichenologist (London). 46 (5): 627–656. doi:10.1017/S002428291400019X.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Gauslaa, Y., & Solhaug, K. (1998). "Significance of thallus size for the water economy of the cyanobacterial old-forest lichen Degelia plumbea". Oecologia. 116 (1/2): 76–84. Bibcode:1998Oecol.116...76G. doi:10.1007/s004420050565. PMID 28308543.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "COSEWIC Assessment and Status Report on the Blue Felt Lichen Degelia plumbea in Canada" (PDF). Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. November 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "Degelia plumbea (Lightf.) P.Jørg. & P.James". Images of British Lichens. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
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