Lecanora layana
| Lecanora layana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Lecanoraceae |
| Genus: | Lecanora |
| Species: | L. layana
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| Binomial name | |
| Lecanora layana Lendemer (2015)
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Lecanora layana is a sorediate species of crustose lichen.[1] L. layana was first described by American lichenologist James Lendemer in 2015, who named the species in honor of Elizabeth Lay, a lichenologist (and a founding member of the Tuckerman Lichen Workshop) from Boston, Massachusetts, USA, who has been devoted to documenting lichen biodiversity of the northeastern US where this species grows.[1]
Description
[edit]Sorediate lichens are asexual and have reproductive structures called soredia.[2] L. layana is crustose and has an endosubstratal thallus.[1] The soredia measure from 14.3 to 40.4 μm (0.00056 to 0.00159 in).[1] The lichen has a white colour away from the edge and a dark blue to green colour near the edge.[1] L. layana is similar and taxonomically close to Lecanora nothocaesiella but L. layana produces atranorin, zeorin, and stictic acid.[1] The production of these chemicals is unique to this species, and it is the only sordieate Lecanora to do so.[1] Additional chemistry results include, K+ yellow, KC-, C-, P+ orange, UV-, and N+ red.[1]
Habitat and locality
[edit]This lichen is widespread in eastern North America, in high humidity areas (for example, swamps and riparian corridors), usually on bark of hardwood trees like maple and oak .[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i Lendemer, J. C. (2015). Lecanora layana (Lecanoraceae), a new sorediate species widespread in temperate eastern North America. The Bryologist, 118(2), 145–153.
- ^ Lichen Terminology. (n.d.). Undergraduate Biology Program. Retrieved October 30, 2024, from https://www.biology.iastate.edu/lichen-terminology