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Bacidia reagens
Scientific Name: Bacidia reagens
Family: Bacidiaceae
Category: Lichen
Growth: Lichenous
Duration:
Other Names:
Bacidia reagens
Bacidia reagens is a crustose lichen species, first described by Malme in 1935. It belongs to the genus Bacidia and the family Ramalinaceae.
Considerations for Pets
- The text mentions the thallus can be granular. While not directly toxic, small, granular parts might present a minor ingestion hazard for pets if the lichen is found on surfaces accessible to them.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Bacidia reagens Malme
- Family: Ramalinaceae
- Order: Lecanorales
- Class: Lecanoromycetes
- Division: Ascomycota
- Synonyms:
- Acarospora nodulosa var. reagens
- Lecanora reagens (Hasse 1903e)
- Bacidia acclinis (Herre 1944b based on C. L. Brown)
- Acarospora reagens Zahlbr.
- Acarospora reagens Zahlbr. f. radicans (Nyl.)
- Rank: Species
Distribution and Habitat
- Originally described in 1935.
- Recently reported as a new species for Eurasia.
- Found corticolous (growing on bark) on hardwood trunks.
- Distribution maps for related species (e.g., Bacidia subincompta) exist for Norway.
Morphological Characteristics
- Thallus: Described as crustose, discontinuous, and composed of discrete or contiguous areoles that are convex and often granular or somewhat effigurate. It can also be continuous and rimose (cracked).
Quirky Facts
- Bacidia reagens was described by Gustaf Oskar Andersson Malme.
- The original description appeared in Arkiv fr Bot., vol. XXVIIA, no. 5, 1935, p.
Further Information
- MycoBank #: 410320
- Discover Life provides a page about the biology, natural history, ecology, identification, and distribution of Bacidia reagens.
- LIAS (presumably a lichen information and access system) contains information on Bacidia reagens.