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Vezdaea schuyleriana

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Vezdaea schuyleriana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Order: Vezdaeales
Family: Vezdaeaceae
Genus: Vezdaea
Species:
V. schuyleriana
Binomial name
Vezdaea schuyleriana
Lendemer (2011)

Vezdaea schuyleriana is a lichen that is only known to exist on a single boulder near Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. It was discovered by James Lendemer, then a doctoral student at the New York Botanical Garden and research associate at the Academy of Natural Sciences, who published his discovery in the March 2011 issue of Notulae Natureae.[1] He named it in honor of Dr. Alfred "Ernie" Schuyler, emeritus curator of botany at the Academy.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Lendemer, J.C. (2010). "Vezdaea schuyleriana (Vezdaeaceae, Lichenized Ascomycetes), a new species from eastern North America". Notulae Naturae. 484: 1–4.
  2. ^ "Rare Pennsylvania Fungus Is Named for Philadelphia Botanist". ScienceDaily. April 27, 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2011.