Dufourea ligulata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Teloschistales |
Family: | Teloschistaceae |
Genus: | Dufourea |
Species: | D. ligulata
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Binomial name | |
Dufourea ligulata (Körb.) Frödén, Arup & Søchting (2013)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Dufourea ligulata is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Teloschistaceae.[2] The German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber first formally described the species in 1862, as a member of the genus Physcia.[3] Patrik Frödén, Ulf Arup, and Ulrik Søchting transferred it to the genus Dufourea in 2013 as part of a molecular phylogenetics-based restructuring of the family Teloschistaceae.[4]
The lichen is found in Australasia, usually on coastal rocks. The lobes of its thallus are 5–10 mm long; they are generally longer and narrower than those of other Australian xanthorioid lichens, including X. streimannii, X. parietina, X. filsonii, and X. elixii.[5]
Physcia ligulata | |
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Xanthoria ligulata | |
Jackelixia ligulata |