Loxospora ochrophaea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Sarrameanales |
Family: | Sarrameanaceae |
Genus: | Loxospora |
Species: | L. ochrophaea
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Binomial name | |
Loxospora ochrophaea (Tuck.) R.C.Harris (1990)
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Loxospora ochrophaea is a species of crustose lichen in the family Sarrameanaceae.
It was first described scientifically by American lichenologist Edward Tuckerman in 1848 as Biatora ochrophaea.[2] It has been shuffled to various genera in its taxonomic history, including Lecanora, Haematomma, and Lecania.[1] Richard Harris proposed a transfer to Loxospora in 1990.[3]
Loxospora ochrophaea has a crust-like thallus that is light gray to green with a warty texture. It has peach-coloured apothecia that have a white margin. The lichen contains thamnolic acid and zeorin as secondary compounds. Found in North America, it grows on bark.[4]