Protoparmeliopsis sierrae

Protoparmeliopsis sierrae
in Tahoe National Forest, California
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Lecanoraceae
Genus: Protoparmeliopsis
Species:
P. sierrae
Binomial name
Protoparmeliopsis sierrae
(B.D.Ryan & T.H.Nash) S.Y.Kondr. (2012)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lecanora sierrae B.D.Ryan & T.H.Nash (1993)

Protoparmeliopsis sierrae is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen found in the western United States.[2] It was first formally described in 1993 by US lichenologists Bruce Douglas Ryan and Thomas Hawkes Nash III.[3] Sergey Kondratyuk transferred the taxon to the genus Protoparmeliopsis in 2012.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Synonymy. Current Name:Protoparmeliopsis sierrae (B.D. Ryan & T.H. Nash) S.Y. Kondr., in Kondratyuk, Zarei-Darki & Khajeddin, Ukr. Bot. J. 69(6): 877 (2012)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
  2. ^ "Protoparmeliopsis sierrae". iNaturalist. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
  3. ^ Ryan, B.D.; Nash, T.H. III (1993). "Lecanora section Placodium (lichenized Ascomycotina) in North America: new taxa in the L. garovaglii group". The Bryologist. 96 (3): 288–298. doi:10.2307/3243856. S2CID 84348259.
  4. ^ Kondratyuk, S.Y.; Zarei-Darki, B.; Khajeddin, S.J. (2012). "New species and combinations in the genus Protoparmeliopsis (Lecanoraceae, Lichenized Ascomycota)". Ukrainian Botanical Journal. 69 (6): 869–879.


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