Xanthoparmelia lavicola

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Xanthoparmelia lavicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Subclass: Lecanoromycetidae
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Xanthoparmelia
Species: X. lavicola
Binomial name
Xanthoparmelia lavicola
(Gyelnik)

Xanthoparmelia lavicola is a species of lichen from Parmeliaceae family that can be found in Arizona,[1] California, and Ecuador. The upper part of theirs is either light yellow or yellow-green The bottom surface is brown coloured and is plane, with a 0.2–0.5 millimetres (0.0079–0.0197 in) in diameter. Their apothecia is 2–7 millimetres (0.079–0.276 in) wide, the thallus of which is laminal and is 4–7 centimetres (1.6–2.8 in) in diameter. The disc is either cinnamon-brown or dark brown and is ellipsoided. Their pycnidia is immersed, while their conidia is bifusiformed.[2]

References

  1. "Xanthoparmelia lavicola". Retrieved May 29, 2012. 
  2. "Californian and Ecuadorian distribution with description". Symbiota.org. Retrieved May 29, 2012. 
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