Lecidea keimioeensis

Lecidea keimioeensis (originally published as keimioeënsis) is a species of crustose lichen. It was collected by Finnish botanist Kaarlo Linkola from Keimiötunturi, Finland, (for which the species is named), and identified as a new species by Edvard August Vainio.[1] This species was the last one described by Vainio before he had to go to the hospital for a sudden illness, where he died two weeks later.[2] Since its original publication, it has scarcely been reported in the scientific literature. In a 1997 assessment report about the inclusion criteria for a Finnish Regional Red List, the species was described as an example of "probably curiosities known to only one researcher".[3]

Lecidea keimioeensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecideales
Family: Lecideaceae
Genus: Lecidea
Species:
L. keimioeensis
Binomial name
Lecidea keimioeensis
Vain. (1934)

References

  1. Vainio, Edvard August (1934). Lichenographia Fennia IV. Lecideales 2 (PDF). Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. 57. pp. 1–531.
  2. Linkola, K. (1929). "Edvard August Vainio". Luonnon Ystävä (in Finnish). 33 (5): 1–16.
  3. Kaipiainen, Heidi; Kemppainen, Eija; Peltonen, Sirkka-Liisa; Alanen, Aulikki (1997). Uhanalaisuuden arviointiperusteet [Endangerment Criteria]. Helsinki: Suomen ympäristökeskus. p. 13.


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