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littlelobed lichen
Scientific Name: Massalongia carnosa
Family: Peltigeraceae
Category: Lichen
Growth: Lichenous
Duration:
Other Names:
Littlelobed Lichen
This page provides information about Littlelobed Lichen, a type of lichen with various names and classifications.
Scientific and Common Names
- Scientific Name: Massalongia
- Common Name: Littlelobed Lichen
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Kingdom: Fungi (as indicated in one instance, though lichens are a symbiotic relationship between fungi and algae or cyanobacteria)
- Family: Peltigeraceae
- Species:
- Massalongia carnosa (synonym: Massalongia carnosa (Dicks.) Krb.)
- Massalongia microphylliza (synonym: Massalongia microphylliza (Nyl. ex Hasse) Henssen)
- Rank: Species
Distribution and Habitat
- The text mentions the presence of Littlelobed Lichen in Australia.
- It is also referenced in relation to British and Irish species.
- It is described as saxicolous, meaning it grows on rocks.
Morphological Characteristics
- Description: Typically crustose and can be blue-green in color.
- Thallus: Can be crustose or squamatic, sometimes with small squamules or lobes. Some thalli are described as having a diameter of several cm.
- Sorediate: Some varieties are sorediate, meaning they produce powdery propagules called soredia.