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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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Candelariomycetes |
| Order: | Candelariales |
| Family: | Candelariaceae |
| Genus: | Placomaronea |
| Species: | P. mendozae
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| Placomaronea mendozae (Räsänen) M.Westb. (2004)
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References
edit- ^ a b Westberg, Martin; Frödén, Patrik; Wedin, Mats (2009). "A monograph of the genus Placomaronea (Ascomycota, Candelariales)". The Lichenologist. 41 (5): 513–527. doi:10.1017/S0024282909990156. S2CID 90349733.
- ^ "Placomaronea mendozae (Räsänen) M. Westb". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ Räsänen, V. (1941). "La flora liquenologica de Mendoza (Argentina)" (PDF). Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina, Buenos Aires E III. 131: 97–110 [100].
- ^ Westberg, M. (2004). "Placomaronea". In Nash III, T.H.; Ryan, B.D.; Diederich, P.; Gries, C.; Bungartz, F. (eds.). Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. Vol. 2. Tempe, Arizona: Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University. p. 419. ISBN 978-0-9716759-1-9.