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Humboldt's aspicilia
Scientific Name: Aspicilia humboldtii
Family: Hymeneliaceae
Category: Lichen
Growth: Lichenous
Duration:
Other Names:
Aspicilia humboldtii (Humboldt's Aspicilia)
Aspicilia humboldtii, commonly known as Humboldt's aspicilia, is a lichen belonging to the family Hymeneliaceae.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Aspicilia humboldtii (Lynge) J.W. Thomson
- Common Name: Humboldt's aspicilia
- Family: Hymeneliaceae
- Growth Habit: Lichenous
- Basionym: Lecanora humboldtii Lynge, 1940
Distribution and Habitat
- Occurrences have been noted in Nevada, U.S.A., specifically in the Humboldt National Forest and near Paradise Valley.
- It has also been reported from Cape Humboldt, northeastern Greenland, and possibly Axel.
- A study was conducted on the Samoa peninsula, Humboldt Bay, California.
Related Species
- Aspicilia candida (Anzi) Hue - Rimmed Lichen
- Aspicilia annulata (Lynge) J. W. Thomson - Rimmed Lichen
- Aspicilia desertorum (desert aspicilia)
- Aspicilia myrinii
- Aspicilia albomarginata (white rimmed lichen)
- Aspicilia fruticulosa
- Aspicilia gibbosa
- Aspicilia californica
- Aspicilia contorta
- Aspicilia cinerea
- Aspicilia aquatica
- Aspicilia verrucosa
- Aspicilia quartzitica
- Aspicilia nouae-zelandiae
- Aspicilia laevata
Further Information
- Drone-Application-Server database publication for Aspicilia humboldtii: biodroid.Taxa.202870
- NatureServe: NatureServe
- Encyclopedia of Life: Encyclopedia of Life
- ResearchGate: ResearchGate
- Plants Database
- Humboldt Institute, PO Box 9, Steuben, ME 04680Y0009