Miriquidica deusta

Miriquidica deusta is a species of lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. A North American native, it generally grows on siliceous rocks.[4] It belongs to the subdivision Pezizomycotina of the division Ascomycota, within the order Lecanorales.[5] These are found in both general and Estonian herbariums.[6]

Miriquidica deusta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Lecanoromycetes
Order:
Lecanorales
Family:
Lecanoraceae
Genus:
Miriquidica
Species:
Miriquidica deusta
Binomial name
Miriquidica deusta
(Stenh.) Hertel & Rambold[1]
Synonyms[2][3]

Lecanora deusta (Stenh.)
Lecidea deusta (Stenh.) Nyl.
Lecidea deustata Zahlbr.
Lecidea fuscoatra var. deusta Stenh.
Semilecanora deusta (Stenh.) Motyka
 Miriquidica garovaglii (Schaerer)
 Miriquidica complanata

  • Some of the fungi from a closer view.
  • Another view of M. Deusta.
  • The rocks on which the fungi has grown.

References
  1. http://www.indexfungorum.org/Names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=132362
  2. http://www.lichenology.info/cgi-bin/baseportal.pl?htx=atlas_frm&newId=1419
  3. http://luirig.altervista.org/schedenam/fnam.php?taxon=Miriquidica+deusta
  4. http://liquenesdealmeria.blogspot.com/2010/02/miriquidica-deusta.html Lichens of Almería
  5. http://www.nature.british-towns.net/nature/07_specie_detail.asp?GetLSID=157069 Miriquidica deusta on the British Database of World Flora and Fauna
  6. http://www.ut.ee/lichens/herb/Mhlist.html Archived 2012-04-01 at the Wayback Machine List of taxa kept in TU/Tartu Ülikooli samblike herbaariumi nimestik

Further reading
  • Online journals-'On Some Saxicolous Lecideoid Lichens of the Beringian Region and Adjacent Areas of Eastern Siberia and Russian Far East'.
  • The Bryologist (BioOne Online Journals)- 'Recent Literature on Lichens—194'.
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