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Fuscidea arboricola
Scientific Name: Fuscidea arboricola
Family: Fuscideaceae
Category: Lichen
Growth: Lichenous
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Fuscidea arboricola
Fuscidea arboricola is a lichenized fungus belonging to the family Fuscideaceae.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Fuscidea arboricola Coppins & Tnsberg
- Family: Fuscideaceae
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Phylum: Ascomycota
- Class: Ascomycetes, Lecanoromycetes
- Order: Teloschistales, Umbilicariales
Distribution and Habitat
This lichen has been found in North America, including the North Shore of Lake Superior, Ontario, as well as in Estonia, Switzerland and Belarus. It frequently grows on Betula papyrifera (paper birch) and other broad-leaved trees like Alnus incana in open habitats. There is also documentation of it growing on Abies nordmanniana.
Morphological Characteristics
Fuscidea arboricola is a crustose lichen (skorplavar in Swedish).
Ecology and Interactions
In Acadia National Park, it has been identified as a new species report. It can occur on both pine and broad-leaved trees. This species has also been found with other lichen species, such as Hypogymnia incurvoides and Lepraria finkii.
Further Information
- Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
- Catalogue of Life
- Index Fungorum: http://www.indexfungorum.org/names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=358665
- Discover Life
- Atlas of the Estonian Lichens