Squamulea squamosa | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Teloschistales |
Family: | Teloschistaceae |
Genus: | Squamulea |
Species: | S. squamosa
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Binomial name | |
Squamulea squamosa (
B.de Lesd.) Arup, Søchting & Frödén (2013)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Squamulea squamosa is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), squamulose lichen in the family Teloschistaceae. [2] Found in southwestern North America, [3] it was first formally described by Maurice Bouly de Lesdain in 1933, as Placodium squamosum. [4] Alexander Zahlbruckner proposed a transfer to genus Caloplaca in 1940, and the lichen was known as a member of that genus for more than seven decades. Ulf Arup and colleagues transferred the taxon to the genus Squamulea in 2013, following a molecular phylogenetics-based restructuring of the family Teloschistaceae. [5]