Loxospora ochrophaea is a species of crustose lichen in the family Sarrameanaceae.

Loxospora ochrophaea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Sarrameanales
Family: Sarrameanaceae
Genus: Loxospora
Species:
L. ochrophaea
Binomial name
Loxospora ochrophaea
(Tuck.) R.C.Harris (1990)
Synonyms[1]
  • Biatora ochrophaea Tuck. (1848)
  • Lecanora ochrophaea (Tuck.) Nyl. (1857)
  • Haematomma ochrophaeum (Tuck.) A.Massal. (1860)
  • Lecanora elatina f. ochrophaea (Tuck.) Tuck. (1882)
  • Lecanora elatina var. ochrophaea (Tuck.) Tuck. (1882)
  • Lecania ochrophaea (Tuck.) Müll.Arg. (1891)
  • Haematomma elatinum var. ochrophaeum (Tuck.) G.Merr. & Burnham (1922)

Taxonomy

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It was first described scientifically by American lichenologist Edward Tuckerman in 1848 as Biatora ochrophaea.[2] It has been shuffled to various genera in its taxonomic history, including Lecanora, Haematomma, and Lecania.[1] Richard Harris proposed a transfer to Loxospora in 1990.[3]

Description

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Loxospora ochrophaea has a crust-like thallus that is light gray to green with a warty texture. It has peach-coloured apothecia that have a white margin. The lichen contains thamnolic acid and zeorin as secondary compounds. Found in North America, it grows on bark.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Synonymy: Loxospora ochrophaea (Tuck.) R.C. Harris, in Egan, Bryologist 93(2): 217 (1990)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  2. ^ Tuckerman, E. (1847). "A synopsis of the lichenes of the northern United States and British America". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 1: 195–285.
  3. ^ Egan, R.S. (1990). "Changes to the "Fifth Checklist of the Lichen-Forming, Lichenicolous and Allied Fungi of the Continental United States and Canada." Edition II". The Bryologist. 93 (2): 211–217.
  4. ^ Tripp, Erin A.; Lendemer, James C. (2020). Field Guide to the Lichens of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press. pp. 280–281. ISBN 978-1-62190-514-1.