Buellia peregrina
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| Buellia peregrina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Caliciales |
| Family: | Caliciaceae |
| Genus: | Buellia |
| Species: | B. peregrina |
| Binomial name | |
| Buellia peregrina Bungartz & V.Wirth (2007) | |
Buellia peregrina is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Caliciaceae.[1] It is found in the Namib desert in Namibia.
The lichen was formally described as a new species in 2007 by lichenologists Frank Bungartz and Volkmar Wirth. The type specimen was collected between Swakopmund and Hentiesbai in the Namib (a coastal desert in Southern Africa). The species name originates from the Latin word peregrinus, ("foreign"). This signifies that all specimens were discovered on allochthonous limestone, meaning stones not originally part of the sediment layer in that specific region. It is the only species in genus Buellia that grows euendolithically, i.e., with its thallus entirely within its rock substratum.[2]