Polyblastidium japonicum
Species of lichen-forming fungus
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Polyblastidium japonicum is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Physciaceae.[2] It is found in Japan and Nepal.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Caliciales |
| Family: | Physciaceae |
| Genus: | Polyblastidium |
| Species: | P. japonicum |
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| Polyblastidium japonicum (M.Satô) Kalb (2015) | |
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Taxonomy
The species was first scientifically described in 1936 by the Japanese lichenologist Masami Satô, who considered it as a variety of what was then known as Anaptychia dendritica.[3] Syo Kurokawa promoted it to full species status in 1962.[4] It was transferred to the newly circumscribed genus Polyblastidium in 2015 by Klaus Kalb.[5]
Habitat and distribution
In Nepal, Polyblastidium japonicum has been reported from 3,000 to 4,000 m elevation in a compilation of published records.[6]
