Menegazzia opuntioides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Parmeliaceae |
Genus: | Menegazzia |
Species: | M. opuntioides
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Binomial name | |
Menegazzia opuntioides | |
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Menegazzia opuntioides is a species of foliose lichen from southern South America. It was first formally described as a new species in 1889 by Swiss botanist Johannes Müller Argoviensis, as a species of Parmelia. The type specimen was collected in the Strait of Magellan in southern Chile.[2] Rolf Santesson transferred the taxon to the genus Menegazzia in 1942.[3] Menegazzia opuntioides has also been recorded from Argentina.[4]