Pertusaria mccroryae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Pertusariales
Family: Pertusariaceae
Genus: Pertusaria
Species:
P. mccroryae
Binomial name
Pertusaria mccroryae
Björk, Goward & T. Sprib.


Pertusaria mccroryae is a species of white or greenish white crustose lichen.[1] It is found in northwestern North America (Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana), in forests with old trees.[1] It grows from low elevation to 1700m on bark of living trees (Picea sitchensis, Thuja plicata, and Tsuga heterophylla) or on logs, and is named in honor of Colleen McCrory, a Canadian Environmental Activist.[1] The spore size and the chemistry distinguish it from other members of the genus.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Spribille, Toby; Pérez-Ortega, Sergio; Tønsberg, Tor; Schirokauer, Dave (2010). "Lichens and lichenicolous fungi of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park, Alaska, in a global biodiversity context". The Bryologist. 113 (3): 439–515.
  2. Archer, AW; Elix, AJ (2018). "Preliminary World-wide Key to the Lichen Genus Pertusaria (including Lepra species)". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney.


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