Vezdaea schuyleriana is a lichen that is only known to exist on a single boulder near Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. It was discovered by James Lendemer, then a doctoral student at the New York Botanical Garden and research associate at the Academy of Natural Sciences, who published his discovery in the March 2011 issue of Notulae Natureae.[1] He named it in honor of Dr. Alfred "Ernie" Schuyler, emeritus curator of botany at the Academy.[2]
| Vezdaea schuyleriana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Order: | Vezdaeales |
| Family: | Vezdaeaceae |
| Genus: | Vezdaea |
| Species: | V. schuyleriana
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| Binomial name | |
| Vezdaea schuyleriana Lendemer (2011)
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References edit
- ^ Lendemer, J.C. (2010). "Vezdaea schuyleriana (Vezdaeaceae, Lichenized Ascomycetes), a new species from eastern North America". Notulae Naturae. 484: 1–4.
- ^ "Rare Pennsylvania Fungus Is Named for Philadelphia Botanist". ScienceDaily. April 27, 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
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