Placomaronea mendozae

Placomaronea mendozae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Candelariomycetes
Order: Candelariales
Family: Candelariaceae
Genus: Placomaronea
Species:
P. mendozae
Binomial name
Placomaronea mendozae
(Räsänen) M.Westb. (2004)
Synonyms[1]
  • Candelariella vitellina var. mendozae Räsänen (1941)

Placomaronea mendozae is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) crustose lichen in the family Candelariaceae.[2] Found in South America and the United States, it was formally described as a new species in 1941 by Finnish lichenologist Veli Räsänen. The type specimen was collected in Las Heras, Mendoza (Argentina) in 1939. Räsänen named it as a variety of Candelariella vitellina;[3] Martin Westberg promoted the taxon to distinct species status in 2004.[4] The lichen occurs along the Andes in Argentina and Peru, and in Arizona, USA. It is the only Placomaronea that has been found in North America.[1]

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