Xanthoparmelia chlorochroa
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| Xanthoparmelia chlorochroa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Xanthoparmelia |
| Species: | X. chlorochroa |
| Binomial name | |
| Xanthoparmelia chlorochroa (Tuck.) Hale (1974) | |
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Tuck. | |
Xanthoparmelia chlorochroa, commonly known as the tumbleweed shield lichen, is a lichenized species of fungus in the Parmeliaceae family. This lichen, abundant on the High Plains of Wyoming, has been implicated in the poisoning of domestic sheep and cattle in that state during the 1930s, and then again in 2004.[1] It has also been implicated in the poisonning of elk in 2004[2] It has been used as a remedy for impetigo by the Navajo.[3]
Description
This lichen has a thallus that is foliose, or leafy in appearance.
References
- ↑ Geiser, L, McCune B. (1997). Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press. ISBN 0-87071-394-9.
- ↑ Cook, Walter E.; Raisbeck, Cornish, Williams, Brown, Hiatt and Kreeger (July 2007). "Paresis and Death in Elk (Cervus elaphus) Due to Lichen Intoxication in Wyoming". Journal of Wildlife Diseases 43 (3): 498–503. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ↑ "Xanthoparmelia chlorochroa". Retrieved 2009-03-23.
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