Violella wangii

Violella wangii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Tephromelataceae
Genus:	Violella
Species:	V. wangii
Binomial name
Violella wangii T.Sprib. & Goffinet (2011)

Violella wangii is a widespread, but seldom-collected species of crustose lichen in the family Tephromelataceae. Found in mountainous areas of Bhutan, China, India and the Russian Far East, it was formally described as a new species in 2011 by lichenologists Toby Spribille and Bernard Goffinet. The type specimen was collected from Laojunshan Mountain in the Shennongjia Forestry District (Lijiang prefecture) at an altitude between 3,510 and 3,900 m (11,520 and 12,800 ft); there, in a montane forest of mostly Abies and Rhododendron, it was found growing on the bark of Rhododendron. In the Russian Far East, it has been recorded growing on the wood of Pinus pumila. Thin-layer chromatography of collected specimens showed the presence of three lichen products: atranorin, roccellic acid, and angardianic acid. The species epithet wangii honours Dr. Wang Li-Song, "for his ongoing efforts to describe the lichen diversity in western China".