Alectoria imshaugii

Alectoria imshaugii
closeup shows "isidia-like" spinules
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Alectoria
Species:
A. imshaugii
Binomial name
Alectoria imshaugii
Brodo & D.Hawksw. (1977)

Alectoria imshaugii, commonly known as spiny witches hair,[1] is a species of fruticose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae that occurs in North America. It was described as a new species by the lichenologists Irwin Brodo and David L. Hawksworth in their 1977 monograph on the genus Alectoria. The species epithet honors Henry Andrew Imshaug.[2] The variety venezuelensis, proposed in 1994, occurs in Venezuela.[3]

The Chinese species Alectoria spiculatosa is somewhat similar in appearance to A. imshaugii, but is distinguished by its characteristic sorediate pseudocyphellae and also by having spinules that grow over soralia.[4]

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