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Menegazzia ramulicola

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Species of lichen

Menegazzia ramulicola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Menegazzia
Species: M. ramulicola
Binomial name
Menegazzia ramulicola
Kantvilas (2012)

Menegazzia ramulicola is a rare species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Found in Australia, the species was described as new to science by Australian lichenologist Gintaras Kantvilas in 2012. The type specimen was collected in Mount Field National Park (Tasmania) at an altitude of 1,030 m (3,380 ft), where it was growing on the Tasmanian endemic plant narrow leaf orites (Orites revolutus) in a woodland. The specific epithet ramulicola refers to its usual habitat, young twigs.

The medulla of Menegazzia ramulicola contains stictic acid and lecanoric acid. It has a compact thallus that envelops twigs, and has few perforations (these perforations are typically a characteristic feature of genus Menegazzia).

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References

  1. Kantvilas, Gintaras (2012). "The genus Menegazzia (Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae) in Tasmania revisited". The Lichenologist. 44 (2): 189–246. doi:10.1017/s0024282911000685. S2CID 86969838.
  2. Kantvilas, Gintaras (2019). "Further additions to the genus Menegazzia A. Massal. (Parmeliaceae) in Australia, with a revised regional key". The Lichenologist. 51 (2): 137–146. doi:10.1017/s0024282919000057. S2CID 149618362.
Taxon identifiers
Menegazzia ramulicola


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