Ephebe lanata

Ephebe lanata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lichinomycetes
Order: Lichinales
Family: Lichinaceae
Genus: Ephebe
Species:
E. lanata
Binomial name
Ephebe lanata
(L.) Vain. (1888)
Synonyms
  • Lichen lanatus L. (1753)

Ephebe lanata is a species of filamentous lichen in the family Lichinaceae, and the type species of the genus Ephebe. The lichen was first described as a new species by Swedish taxonomist Carl Linnaeus in his seminal 1753 work Species Plantarum, as Lichen lanatus.[1] Finnish lichenologist Edvard August Vainio transferred it to Ephebe in 1888.[2] In North America, it is known colloquially as the "rockshag lichen".[3]

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