Hypogymnia imshaugii
Appearance
Hypogymnia imshaugii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Parmeliaceae |
Genus: | Hypogymnia |
Species: | H. imshaugii
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Binomial name | |
Hypogymnia imshaugii Krog (1968)
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Hypogymnia imshaugii, commonly known as the forked tube lichen,[1] is a common species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was formally described as a new species by Norwegian botanist Hildur Krog in 1968.[2] It has a grey to gray-green thallus with slender lobes measuring up to 2 mm wide that are branched dichotomously at regular intervals. It has cup- to disc-shaped apothecia that are constricted at the base. The lichen grows on conifer branches, preferring inland habitats that are moderately dry.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Brodo, Irwin M.; Sharnoff, Sylvia Duran; Sharnoff, Stephen (2001). Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. p. 350. ISBN 978-0300082494.
- ^ Krog, H. (1968). "The macrolichens of Alaska". Norsk Polarinstitutt Skrifter. 144. Oslo: 96.