Bulbothrix thomasiana
Appearance
Bulbothrix thomasiana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Parmeliaceae |
Genus: | Bulbothrix |
Species: | B. thomasiana
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Binomial name | |
Bulbothrix thomasiana Benatti & Marcelli (2011)
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Bulbothrix thomasiana is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is a corticolous species that grows on tree trunks in the northern and central parts of South America. The lichen was formally described as a new species in 2011 by lichenologists Michel Benatti and Marcelo Marcelli. The specific epithet honours American lichenologist Thomas Hawkes Nash III.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Marcelli, M.P.; Canêz, L.S.; Benatti, M.N.; Spielmann, A.A.; Jungbluth, P.; Elix, J.A. (2011). "Taxonomical novelties in Parmeliaceae". Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 106: 211–224.