Parmotrema mellissii | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Parmeliaceae |
Genus: | Parmotrema |
Species: | P. mellissii
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Binomial name | |
Parmotrema mellissii | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Parmotrema mellissii is a widely distributed species of corticolous lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was first described by Carroll William Dodge in 1959 as a species of Parmelia. [2] Mason Hale transferred it to the genus Parmotrema in 1974. [3] The type collection was made in Saint Helena. Parmotrema mellissii has a pale yellowish- buff coloured thallus at least 12 cm (5 in) in diameter, comprising rounded lobes about 15 mm wide and long. [2] It has been found in the southern U.S.A., the Neotropics from Mexico to Colombia and Brazil, Africa (including the Canary Islands and Kenya), Asia (Japan, Laos, [4] the Philippines [5]), Australia and Oceania. [4]
Parmotrema mellissii | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Parmeliaceae |
Genus: | Parmotrema |
Species: | P. mellissii
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Binomial name | |
Parmotrema mellissii | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Parmotrema mellissii is a widely distributed species of corticolous lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was first described by Carroll William Dodge in 1959 as a species of Parmelia. [2] Mason Hale transferred it to the genus Parmotrema in 1974. [3] The type collection was made in Saint Helena. Parmotrema mellissii has a pale yellowish- buff coloured thallus at least 12 cm (5 in) in diameter, comprising rounded lobes about 15 mm wide and long. [2] It has been found in the southern U.S.A., the Neotropics from Mexico to Colombia and Brazil, Africa (including the Canary Islands and Kenya), Asia (Japan, Laos, [4] the Philippines [5]), Australia and Oceania. [4]