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Szczawinskia phylicae

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Szczawinskia phylicae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Pilocarpaceae
Genus: Szczawinskia
Species:
S. phylicae
Binomial name
Szczawinskia phylicae
Øvstedal (2010)

Szczawinskia phylicae is a species of crustose lichen in the family Pilocarpaceae. Found in the Tristan da Cunha–Gough Island, it was described as a new species in 2010 by Dag Øvstedal. The type specimen was collected during the Norwegian Tristan da Cunha expedition of 1937–1938. Captain Erling Christophersen and botanical assistant Yngvar Mejland found the specimen above Sandy Point in Tristan da Cunha, where it was growing on Island Cape myrtle (Phylica arborea) at an altitude of 300 m (980 ft).[1]

References

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  1. ^ Øvstedal, Dag O.; Gremmen, Niek J.M. (2010). "New lichen species from Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island". Folia Cryptogamica Estonica. 47: 43–49.