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Chrysothrix flavovirens

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Chrysothrix flavovirens
On bark in Portugal
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Arthoniomycetes
Order: Arthoniales
Family: Chrysotrichaceae
Genus: Chrysothrix
Species:
C. flavovirens
Binomial name
Chrysothrix flavovirens
Tønsberg (1994)

Chrysothrix flavovirens is a species of crustose and corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Chrysotrichaceae. It was formally described as a new species in 1994 by Tor Tønsberg as the sorediate counterpart of the common and widespread Chrysothrix candelaris. The type specimen was collected from Kirkeøy, Norway, where it was found growing on Picea abies. It has a pale greenish-yellow thallus that contains rhizocarpic acid.[1] The lichen is widespread in Europe, and has also been recorded from Japan[2] and North America.[3] In the Atlantic and Mediterranean biogeographic regions of Portugal, it prefers to grow on the acidic bark of coastal conifer trees.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Tønsberg, T. (1994). "Chrysothrix flavovirens sp. nov. – the sorediate counterpart of C. chrysophthalma" (PDF). Graphis Scripta. 6 (1): 31–33.
  2. ^ Kashiwadani, Hiroyuki; Göran, Thor (1997). "Lichens of the Imperial Palace Grounds, Tokyo I. Chrysothrix flavovirens new to Japan" (PDF). Journal of Japanese Botany. 72: 89–92.
  3. ^ Harris, R.C.; Ladd, D. (2008). "The lichen genus Chrysothrix in the Ozark Ecoregion including a preliminary treatment for eastern and central North America" (PDF). Opuscula Philolichenum. 5: 29–42.
  4. ^ Rodrigues, Sandrina Azevedo; Tønsberg, Tor; Terrón-Alfonso, Arsenio; Soares, Amadeu M.V.M. (2011). "Chrysothrix flavovirens, Lepraria elobata, and Ochrolechia arborea new to Portugal". Mycotaxon. 115 (1): 335–344. doi:10.5248/115.335. hdl:10773/6702.