Lecanora thysanophora, a common leprose lichen in eastern North America

Authors
Harris, RC Brodo, IM Tonsberg, T
Citation
Rc. Harris et al., Lecanora thysanophora, a common leprose lichen in eastern North America, BRYOLOGIST, 103(4), 2000, pp. 790-793
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
BRYOLOGIST
ISSN journal
00072745 → ACNP
Volume
103
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
790 - 793
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-2745(200024)103:4<790:LTACLL>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Lecanora thysanophora R. C. Harris, n. sp. is described. It is a common lic hen in eastern North America, most often found as a sterile corticolous cru st, but apothecia are not uncommon when the species grows along streams. Be sides being recognizable irt the field, it is distinctive chemically: conta ining usnic acid, zeorin, often porphyrilic acid, and several species-speci fic terpenoids.