Atla alaskana
Appearance
Atla alaskana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
Order: | Verrucariales |
Family: | Verrucariaceae |
Genus: | Atla |
Species: | A. alaskana
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Binomial name | |
Atla alaskana S.Tibell & Tibell (2015)
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Atla alaskana is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Verrucariaceae. Found in Alaska, it was formally described as a new species in 2015 by Sanja and Leif Tibell. The type specimen was collected from Sukakpak Mountain (Brooks Range) at an altitude of 776 m (2,546 ft); there, it was found growing on calciferous rock ledges in open dwarf shrub. The lichen has a thick, whitish-grey thallus with a granular to verrucose (warted) texture.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Tibell, Sanja; Tibell, Leif (2015). "Two new species of Atla (Verrucariaceae)". The Lichenologist. 47 (2): 93–98. doi:10.1017/s0024282915000018.