Letharia
| Letharia | |
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| Letharia vulpina in the San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles USA. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Letharia (Th.Fr.) Zahlbr. (1892) |
| Type species | |
| Letharia vulpina | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Letharia is a genus of fruticose lichens belonging to the family Parmeliaceae.[2]
There were historically two species of Letharia: L. vulpina and L. columbiana.[3] Recent molecular sequence studies published in 2016 confirm at least 6 species in Western North America alone, with more expected to be confirmed using similar methods in other parts of the world.[4]
The typical photobiont is a green alga of genus Trebouxia.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Synonymy: Letharia (Th. Fr.) Zahlbr., Hedwigia 31: 36 (1892)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
- ^ Brodo, Irwin (2001). Lichens of North America. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 411–413.
- ^ Altermann, Susanne; Leavitt, Steven D.; Goward, Trevor (September 2016). "Tidying up the genus Letharia: introducing L. lupina sp. nov. and a new circumscription for L. columbiana". The Lichenologist. 48 (5): 423–439. doi:10.1017/S0024282916000396. ISSN 0024-2829. S2CID 88840346.
- ^ "Letharia". Consortium of North American Lichen Herbaria.
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