Peccania tiruncula

Peccania tiruncula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lichinomycetes
Order: Lichinales
Family: Lichinaceae
Genus: Peccania
Species:
P. tiruncula
Binomial name
Peccania tiruncula
(Nyl.) Henssen (1990)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Omphalaria tiruncula Nyl. (1878)
  • Thyrea tiruncula (Nyl.) Zahlbr. (1924)

Peccania tiruncula is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), squamulose to dwarf fruticose lichen in the family Lichinaceae. It was first described as a new species in 1878 by the Finnish lichenologist William Nylander, who classified it in the genus Omphalaria. The type specimen was collected by Johan Petter Norrlin in Biskra.[3] Aino Henssen transferred it to the genus Peccania in 1990.[2]

In Africa, Peccania tiruncula has been recorded from Algeria, Morocco, Namibia, and the Sahara; in the Arabian Peninsula, it is found in Oman. In 2016, it was noted to occur in Turkey; collections from this country were noted to grow alongside other lichens Synalissa symphorea and Psorotichia schaereri. Peccania tiruncula is also found in Europe and North America.[4] It often grows in calcareous rocky habitats.[5]

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