Violella wangii is a widespread, but seldom-collected species of crustose lichen in the family Tephromelataceae.[1] Found in mountainous areas of Bhutan, China, India and the Russian Far East, it was formally described as a new species in 2011 by lichenologists Toby Spribille and Bernard Goffinet. The type specimen was collected from Laojunshan Mountain in the Shennongjia Forestry District (Lijiang prefecture) at an altitude between 3,510 and 3,900 m (11,520 and 12,800 ft); there, in a montane forest of mostly Abies and Rhododendron, it was found growing on the bark of Rhododendron. In the Russian Far East, it has been recorded growing on the wood of Pinus pumila. Thin-layer chromatography of collected specimens showed the presence of three lichen products: atranorin, roccellic acid, and angardianic acid. The species epithet wangii honours Dr. Wang Li-Song, "for his ongoing efforts to describe the lichen diversity in western China".[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Tephromelataceae |
| Genus: | Violella |
| Species: | V. wangii
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| Binomial name | |
| Violella wangii T.Sprib. & Goffinet (2011)
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References
edit- ^ "Violella wangii T. Sprib. & Goffinet". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
- ^ Spribille, Toby; Goffinet, Bernard; Klug, Barbara; Muggia, Lucia; Obermayer, Walter; Mayrhofer, Helmut (2011). "Molecular support for the recognition of the Mycoblastus fucatus group as the new genus Violella (Tephromelataceae, Lecanorales)". The Lichenologist. 43 (5): 445–466. doi:10.1017/s0024282911000478. PMC 3428935. PMID 22936837.
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