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Biatora vacciniicola

Scientific Name: Biatora vacciniicola

Family: Bacidiaceae

Category: Lichen

Growth: Lichenous

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Biatora vacciniicola

Biatora vacciniicola is a lichen species within the Biatora genus. Common names are not explicitly mentioned in the provided text.

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

  • Scientific Name: Biatora vacciniicola (Tnsberg) Printzen
  • Kingdom: Fungi
  • Phylum: Ascomycota
  • Class: Lecanoromycetes
  • Order: Lecanorales
  • Family:
    • Bacidiaceae (Mentioned in some sources)
    • Ramalinaceae (Mentioned in other sources)
  • Genus: Biatora Fr.
  • Synonym: Lecidea vacciniicola Tnsberg

Distribution and Habitat

  • Found in locations such as British Columbia, Canada (Clearwater Valley, Dawson Falls), growing on stems of Alnus incana (grey alder) in humid conifer forests.
  • Originally described from Norway (Nord-Trndelag) on Betula (birch).
  • Mapping indicates presence in Slovakia.
  • Potentially extinct in Central Europe.

Morphological Characteristics and Growth Habits

  • Described as a crustose lichen.
  • Growth habit is lichenous.

Genetic and Cytological Information

  • Has a unique RNA sequence URS000076CBBA, a partial internal transcribed spacer 2 of 151 nucleotides.

Interactions with Other Organisms

  • Observed growing on Alnus incana (grey alder) in a humid conifer forest.
  • Originally found growing on Betula (birch).

Resources and Further Information

  • Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)
  • LIAS: A Global Information System for Lichenized and Non-Lichenized Ascomycetes
  • Index Fungorum (http://www.indexfungorum.org/names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=412589)
  • USDA Plants
  • Dyntaxa - Svensk taxonomisk databas