Xanthoparmelia schmidtii
{{Short description|Species of lichen found in the USA}}
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| taxon = Xanthoparmelia schmidtii
| authority = Hale (1984) {{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) / |date=1990 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press |location=Washington, D.C.|doi=10.5962/bhl.title.123253 }}
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Xanthoparmelia schmidtii is a lichen which belongs to the Xanthoparmelia genus.{{Cite journal |last1=St. Clair |first1=Larry L. |last2=Johansen |first2=Jeffrey R. |last3=Rushforth |first3=Samuel R. |date=1993 |title=Lichens of Soil Crust Communities in the Intermountain Area of the Western United States |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41712752 |journal=The Great Basin Naturalist |volume=53 |issue=1 |pages=5–12 |issn=0017-3614 |jstor=41712752}} The lichen is uncommon and is listed as endangered by the Nature Conservatory.
Description
Grows on rocks and is about 4–8 cm in diameter with dark yellowish green lobes which are approximately 0.1-0.2 mm wide, 0.1-0.6 mm high. Moderately patchy rhizines on the underside that are 0.3-0.6mm long and are pale to dark brown in color. This species has the appearances of being a hybrid species as its chemical make up is unique to the foothill region of the Sierra Nevada.{{Cite journal |last1=Mulroy |first1=Michael |last2=Fryday |first2=Alan M. |last3=Gersoff |first3=Amanda |last4=Dart |first4=Jason |last5=Næsborg |first5=Rikke Reese |last6=Rajakaruna |first6=Nishanta |date=2022-08-01 |title=Lichens of ultramafic substrates in North America: a review |url=https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/cjb-2021-0187 |journal=Botany |language=en |volume=100 |issue=8 |pages=593–617 |doi=10.1139/cjb-2021-0187 |s2cid=247456810 |issn=1916-2790|url-access=subscription }}
Habitat and range
Found in the US state of California.{{Cite journal |last1=Hutten |first1=M. |last2=Arup |first2=U. |last3=Breuss |first3=O. |last4=Esslinger |first4=T. L. |last5=Fryday |first5=A. M. |last6=Knudsen |first6=K. |last7=Lendemer |first7=J. C. |last8=Printzen |first8=C. |last9=Root |first9=H. T. |last10=Schultz |first10=M. |last11=Sheard |first11=J. |last12=Tønsberg |first12=T. |last13=McCune |first13=B. |date=2013-09-09 |title=Lichens and Lichenicolous Fungi of Yosemite National Park, California |url=https://openjournals.wsu.edu/index.php/pnwfungi/article/view/1131 |journal=North American Fungi |language=en |volume=8 |pages=1–47 |doi=10.2509/naf2013.008.011 |issn=1937-786X|doi-access=free }}
See also
References
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Category:Lichens of North America
Category:Lichens described in 1984
Category:Taxa named by Mason Hale
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