| Melanohalea peruviana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Melanohalea |
| Species: | M. peruviana |
| Binomial name | |
| Melanohalea peruviana Essl. (2012) | |
Melanohalea peruviana is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Found in Peru, it was described as a new species in 2012 by Ted Essingler. The type was collected by lichenologists Rolf Santesson and Roland Moberg in 1981, north of Huaraz in Laguna Llaca [es], at an elevation of 4,400 m (14,400 ft). Although it has a superficial similarity to Melanohalea trabeculata, it can be distinguished from that species by the presence of eight spores per ascus rather than 16–32, and by a more flattened and wrinkled thallus. Additionally, Melanohalea peruviana does not have detectable secondary compounds in the medulla, whereas M. trabeculata typically has medullary norstictic acid.
References
- Esslinger, Theodore L. (2012). "A new species of Melanohalea from the Andes Mountains in central Peru" (PDF). Opuscula Philolichenum. 11: 322–324.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Melanohalea peruviana | |
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