Lecanora muralis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Lecanoraceae |
Genus: | Lecanora |
Species: | L. muralis
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Binomial name | |
Lecanora muralis | |
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Lecanora muralis (Protoparmeliopsis muralis) is a waxy looking, pale yellowish green crustose lichen that usually grows in rosettes radiating from a center (placodioid) filled with disc-like yellowish-tan fruiting bodies (apothecia).[1] It grows all over the world.[2] It is extremely variable in its characteristics as a single taxon, and may represent a complex of species.[2] The fruiting body parts have rims of tissue similar to that of the main nonfruiting body (thallus), which is called being lecanorine.[1] It is paler and greener than L. mellea, and more yellow than L. sierrae.[1] In California, it may be the most common member of the Lecanora genus found growing on rocks (saxicolous).[1]