Bryoria kockiana
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| Bryoria kockiana | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Bryoria |
| Species: | B. kockiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Bryoria kockiana Velmala, Myllys & Goward (2013) | |
Bryoria kockiana (Kock's horsehair lichen[1]) is a species of horsehair lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is found in North America, where it grows from the branches of conifer trees.
The lichen was described as a new species in 2013 by Saara Velmala, Leena Myllys, and Trevor Goward. The type specimen was collected in Fairbanks, Alaska in July 2011. The specific epithet kockiana honours Henry Kock, a horticulturalist from Ontario whose widow won an environmental fund-raising auction to purchase the right to name the species. It had previously been assigned to Bryoria implexa, but genetic analysis showed that this species is restricted in distribution to Europe and Asia, and its North America counterpart represented a different species.[2] A later DNA study corroborated the validity of the species.[3]