Ochrolechia frigida
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Ochrolechia frigida | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Pertusariales |
Family: | Ochrolechiaceae |
Genus: | Ochrolechia |
Species: | O. frigida
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Binomial name | |
Ochrolechia frigida | |
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Ochrolechia frigida is a species of lichen belonging to the family Ochrolechiaceae. It was first formally described by Olof Peter Swartz in 1781, as Lichen frigidus. Bernt Arne Lynge transferred it to Ochrolechia in 1928.[2]
It is a known host species to the lichenicolous fungus species Sphaerellothecium araneosum and Weddellomyces tartaricola.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ochrolechia frigida". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ Lynge, B. (1928). Lichens from Novaya Zemlya (excl. of Acarospora and Lecanora). Report of the Scientific Results of the Norwegian Expedition to Novaya Zemlya 1921 (Report). p. 182.
- ^ Svane, Svanhildur Jónsdóttir; Alstrup, Vagn (2004). "Some lichenicolous fungi from Iceland" (PDF). Acta Botanica Islandica. 14: 53–58.