Peltula obscurans
| Peltula obscurans | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lichinomycetes |
| Order: | Lichinales |
| Family: | Peltulaceae |
| Genus: | Peltula |
| Species: | P. obscurans |
| Binomial name | |
| Peltula obscurans (Nyl.) Gyeln. (1935) | |
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Peltula obscurans (common rock-olive) is a dark olive to dark gray squamulose lichen that grows on rock and soil in arid habitats around the world. It may grow as a rosette of squamulous lobes, or with widely scattered lobes. A single black apothecium may be centered on the lobe.[1][2] The apothecia disc turns reddish-brown when wet, which contrasts with the lobes that turn olive-green when wet.[1] It can be found in southern Europe, South America, southwestern North America, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Papua New Guinea.[2]
References
- 1 2 Sharnoff, Stephen (2014). Field Guide to California Lichens. Yale University Press. pp. 319–20. ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2.
- 1 2 Nash, T.H, Ryan, B.D, Gries, C, Bugartz, F, eds. (2002). Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Volume 1. Arizona State University. p. 335 .
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