Flavopunctelia soredica
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| Flavopunctelia soredica | |
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| In Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, Montana, USA | |
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Flavopunctelia |
| Species: | F. soredica |
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| Flavopunctelia soredica | |
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Flavopunctelia soredica is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was first described as Parmelia soredica by Finnish botanist William Nylander in 1872.[2] In 1982, Hildur Krog transferred it to the subgenus Flavopunctelia of her newly circumscribed genus Punctelia, created to contain Parmelia species with punctate (point-like) pseudocyphellae.[3] Mason Hale raised this subgenus to generic status a couple of years later.[4] The lichen is colloquially known as the powder-edged speckled greenshield.[5] It is widely distributed, having been recorded from North America, South America, South Africa, India, Russia, China and Japan.[6]
