Peccania_tiruncula

<i>Peccania tiruncula</i>

Peccania tiruncula

Species of lichen

Peccania tiruncula is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), squamulose to dwarf fruticose lichen in the family Lichinaceae. It was first described as a new species in 1878 by the Finnish lichenologist William Nylander, who classified it in the genus Omphalaria. The type specimen was collected by Johan Petter Norrlin in Biskra.[3] Aino Henssen transferred it to the genus Peccania in 1990.[2]

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In Africa, Peccania tiruncula has been recorded from Algeria, Morocco, Namibia, and the Sahara; in the Arabian Peninsula, it is found in Oman. In 2016 it was noted to occur in Turkey; collections from this country were noted to grow alongside other lichens Synalissa symphorea and Psorotichia schaereri. Peccania tiruncula is also found in Europe and North America.[4] It often grows in calcareous rocky habitats.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Record Details: Peccania tiruncula (Nyl.) Henssen, in Henssen & Jørgensen, Lichenologist 22(2): 143 (1990)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  2. [2]
    Henssen, Aino; Jørgensen, Per Magnus (1990). "New combinations and synonyms in the Lichinaceae". The Lichenologist. 22 (2): 137–147. doi:10.1017/s0024282990000093.
  3. [3]
    Nylander, W. (1878). "Symbolae quaedam ad lichenographiam Sahariensem". Flora (Regensburg) (in Latin). 61: 337–345.
  4. [4]
    Yazici, Kenan; Aslan, Ali (2023). "Athallia brachyspora and Peccania tiruncula: two new lichen records for Turkey". Phytologia Balcanica. 29 (2): 157–162. doi:10.7546/PhB.29.2.2023.1.
  5. [5]
    Knudsen, K.; Lendemer, J.C.; Schultz, M.; Kocourkova, J.; Sheard, J.W.; Pigniolo, A.; Wheeler, T. (2017). "Lichen biodiversity and ecology in the San Bernardino and San Jacinto Mountains in southern California (U.S.A.)". Opuscula Philolichenum. 16: 15–138 [87].


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