| Pseudocyphellaria perpetua | |
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| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Fungi | 
| Division: | Ascomycota | 
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes | 
| Order: | Peltigerales | 
| Family: | Peltigeraceae | 
| Genus: | Pseudocyphellaria | 
| Species: | P. perpetua  | 
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudocyphellaria perpetua McCune & Miądl. (2002)  | |
Pseudocyphellaria perpetua is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), foliose (leafy) cyanolichen in the family Peltigeraceae. It was described as new to science in 2002 by lichenologists Bruce McCune and Jolanta Miądlikowska.[1] It is distinguished from similar species, including some forms of P. crocata, by its yellow medulla and mostly marginal soralia. Other characteristics include its narrow, linear lobes, and its pale lower undersurface.[1] Some molecular phylogenetic analysis suggests that Pseudocyphellaria perpetua and P. crocata are morphotypes of the same phylogenetic species.[2] P. perpetua occurs on both conifer and hardwood trees in oceanic areas of the western North America and in the Russian Far East.[1] It has also been documented as an uncommon species in Nova Scotia (eastern Canada).[3]
References
- 1 2 3 Miadlikowska, Jolanta; McCune, Bruce; Lutzoni, François (2002). "Pseudocyphellaria perpetua, a new lichen from western North America". The Bryologist. 105 (1): 1–10. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2002)105[0001:ppanlf]2.0.co;2. JSTOR 3244816. S2CID 33926437.
 - ↑ Summerfield, Tina C.; Eaton‐Rye, Julian J. (2006). "Pseudocyphellaria crocata, P. neglecta and P. perpetua from the Northern and Southern Hemispheres are a phylogenetic species and share cyanobionts". New Phytologist. 170 (3): 597–607. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01701.x. PMID 16626479.
 - ↑ Cameron, Robert P.; Richardson, David H.S. (2006). "Occurrence and abundance of epiphytic cyanolichens in protected areas of Nova Scotia, Canada" (PDF). Opuscula Philolichenum. 3: 5–14.
 
