| Pleopsidium flavum | |
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| Pleopsidium flavum | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Acarosporales |
| Family: | Acarosporaceae |
| Genus: | Pleopsidium |
| Species: | P. flavum
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| Binomial name | |
| Pleopsidium flavum (Bellardi) Körb.
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| Synonyms | |
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Acarospora chlorophana | |
Pleopsidium flavum (gold cobblestone lichen) [1]: 27 is a distinctively colored, bright lemon-yellow to chartreuse [2] crustose lichen that grows in high elevations ( montane to alpine) on vertical or overhanging hard felsic rock (e.g. granite) [3] in western North America. [4]: 186 Its thallus grows in a circular outwardly radiating pattern ( placodioid), with 1mm wide lobed edges. [4]: 186 This is the identity of the vivid, lime-green lichens often photographed on granite boulders in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge of Oklahoma. [3] According to Prof. Wayne Armstrong of Mount Palomar College, This lichen only grows "a few millimeters" per century., [5] making it the slowest growing of all known plants (sensu lato).
It was formerly classified as Acarospora chlorophana. [4]: 186 It is in the Pleopsidium genus of the Acarosporaceae family.
It is similar to Acarospora schleicheri, which grows on soil ( terricolous lichen) and rarely on rock, and to Pleopsidium chlorophanum, which favors dry arctic or alpine sandstone cliffs and boulders. [4]: 186
References
- ^ The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada, John Muir Laws , 2007
- ^ Crustose Rock Lichens, Wayne P. Armstrong, Wayne's World online textbook of natural history, [1]
- ^ a b Strawn, Sheila (2017). Lichen Study Guide for Oklahoma and Surrounding States (1 ed.). Fort Worth, TX: Botanical Research Institute of Texas. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-889878-55-3.
- ^ a b c d Mosses Lichens & Ferns of Northwest North America, Dale H. Vitt, Janet E. marsh, Robin B. Bovey, Lone Pine Publishing Company, ISBN 0-295-96666-1
- ^ Armstrong, Prof. Wayne (December 1997). "Desert Varnish and Lichen Crust". Retrieved April 4, 2001.
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| Pleopsidium flavum | |
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| Pleopsidium flavum | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Acarosporales |
| Family: | Acarosporaceae |
| Genus: | Pleopsidium |
| Species: | P. flavum
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| Binomial name | |
| Pleopsidium flavum (Bellardi) Körb.
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| Synonyms | |
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Acarospora chlorophana | |
Pleopsidium flavum (gold cobblestone lichen) [1]: 27 is a distinctively colored, bright lemon-yellow to chartreuse [2] crustose lichen that grows in high elevations ( montane to alpine) on vertical or overhanging hard felsic rock (e.g. granite) [3] in western North America. [4]: 186 Its thallus grows in a circular outwardly radiating pattern ( placodioid), with 1mm wide lobed edges. [4]: 186 This is the identity of the vivid, lime-green lichens often photographed on granite boulders in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge of Oklahoma. [3] According to Prof. Wayne Armstrong of Mount Palomar College, This lichen only grows "a few millimeters" per century., [5] making it the slowest growing of all known plants (sensu lato).
It was formerly classified as Acarospora chlorophana. [4]: 186 It is in the Pleopsidium genus of the Acarosporaceae family.
It is similar to Acarospora schleicheri, which grows on soil ( terricolous lichen) and rarely on rock, and to Pleopsidium chlorophanum, which favors dry arctic or alpine sandstone cliffs and boulders. [4]: 186
References
- ^ The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada, John Muir Laws , 2007
- ^ Crustose Rock Lichens, Wayne P. Armstrong, Wayne's World online textbook of natural history, [1]
- ^ a b Strawn, Sheila (2017). Lichen Study Guide for Oklahoma and Surrounding States (1 ed.). Fort Worth, TX: Botanical Research Institute of Texas. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-889878-55-3.
- ^ a b c d Mosses Lichens & Ferns of Northwest North America, Dale H. Vitt, Janet E. marsh, Robin B. Bovey, Lone Pine Publishing Company, ISBN 0-295-96666-1
- ^ Armstrong, Prof. Wayne (December 1997). "Desert Varnish and Lichen Crust". Retrieved April 4, 2001.
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