Atla palicei
Appearance
Atla palicei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
Order: | Verrucariales |
Family: | Verrucariaceae |
Genus: | Atla |
Species: | A. palicei
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Binomial name | |
Atla palicei Savić & Tibell (2008)
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Atla palicei is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Verrucariaceae. Found in Sweden, it was formally described as a new species in 2008 by Sanja Savić and Leif Tibell. The type specimen was collected in the Kärkevagge valley (Låktatjåkka , Kiruna Municipality), where it was found near a stream growing on a west-facing calcareous boulder. It is only known to occur in the Torne Lappmark in Sweden at elevations between 410 and 650 m (1,350 and 2,130 ft), but the authors suggest that it is "probably overlooked elsewhere". The lichen has a blackish-brown, scurfy thallus that is diffusely areolate, and ascospores measuring 43–51 by 23–26 μm.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Savić, Sanja; Tibell, Leif (2008). "Atla, a new genus in the Verrucariaceae ( Verrucariales)". The Lichenologist. 40 (4): 269–282. doi:10.1017/s0024282908007512. S2CID 85405431.