Flavoparmelia soredians
Species of lichen
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Flavoparmelia soredians is a widely distributed species of foliose lichen in the large family Parmeliaceae.
| Flavoparmelia soredians | |
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| growing on a log in Lourinhã, Portugal | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Flavoparmelia |
| Species: | F. soredians |
| Binomial name | |
| Flavoparmelia soredians | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
In the late 1990s, an increase in the frequency of Flavoparmelia soredians was noted in the Netherlands, which, until then, occurred rarely in the country. This population increase followed a decrease in the levels of the pollutant sulphur dioxide. Punctelia borreri and Flavoparmelia caperata were two other foliose species that experienced a similar increase in regional frequency during this time.[2]
Taxonomy
The lichen was first formally described by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1872 as Parmelia soredians.[3] Mason Hale transferred it to the genus Pseudoparmelia in 1974. It was later one of 17 species he transferred to Flavoparmelia in 1986.[4]
