Xanthoparmelia camtschadalis
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| authority = Hale (1974){{Cite web |title=Lichens |url=https://lichen.biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=lichen.biodiversity.org.au}}
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Xanthoparmelia camtschadalis is a foliose lichen that belongs to the genus Xanthoparmelia. The lichen is also known as the Kamchatka rock-shield lichen.{{Cite web |title=NatureServe Explorer 2.0 |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.126990/Xanthoparmelia_camtschadalis |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=explorer.natureserve.org}} The lichen was formally described as a new species in 1974 by American lichenologist Mason Hale.{{Cite book |last=Hale |first=Mason E. |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.123253 |title=A synopsis of the lichen genus Xanthoparmelia (Vainio) Hale (Ascomycotina, Parmeliaceae) |year=1990 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press |location=Washington, D.C. }}
Description
The thallus is foliose and can grow up to {{convert|10|cm|in|abbr=on|0}} in diameter. The upper surface of the thallus is yellowish-green to grayish-green in color, while the lower surface is black. The lichen produces {{lichengloss|apothecia}}, which are small, cup-shaped structures that contain the reproductive parts of the lichen. The apothecia are typically dark brown in color and can reach up to {{convert|5|mm|in|abbr=on|1}} in diameter.{{Cite journal |last1=Barcenas-Peña |first1=Alejandrina |last2=Leavitt |first2=Steven D. |last3=Grewe |first3=Felix |last4=Lumbsch |first4=H. Thorsten |date=2021-06-15 |title=Diversity of Xanthoparmelia (Parmeliaceae) species in Mexican xerophytic scrub vegetation, evidenced by molecular, morphological and chemistry data |url=https://rjb.revistas.csic.es/index.php/rjb/article/view/524 |journal=Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid |volume=78 |issue=1 |pages=e107 |doi=10.3989/ajbm.2564 |issn=1988-3196 |s2cid=236290348|url-access=subscription |doi-access=free }}
Habitat and range
The lichen is found in high elevation regions around the globe including the Rocky Mountains of North America and Mongolia.{{Cite web |title=Consortium of Lichen Herbaria - Xanthoparmelia camtschadalis |url=https://lichenportal.org/portal/taxa/index.php?taxon=54733&clid=1288 |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=lichenportal.org}}{{Cite journal |last=Biazrov |first=L. G. |year=2012 |title=Stable nitrogen isotopes (d15N) in thalli of arid vagrant lichen Xanthoparmelia camtschadalis across an altitudinal gradient of the Khangai Plateau of Mongolia |journal=Contemporary Problems of Ecology |language=zh |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=200–207 |doi=10.1134/S1995425512020047 |issn=1995-4255}}{{Cite journal |last1=Li |first1=X. |last2=Xing |first2=X. |last3=Chen |first3=Z. |year=2001 |title=地耳和地衣的化学元素组成特点及其与放牧率的关系 |trans-title=Effect of grazing rate on biomass and element composition of Xanthoparmelia camtschadalis |journal=Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao = The Journal of Applied Ecology |volume=12 |issue=3 |pages=369–373 |issn=1001-9332 |pmid=11758415}}
See also
References
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Category:Lichens of North America
Category:Lichens described in 1974
Category:Taxa named by Mason Hale
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