Tomnashia luteominia
Species of lichen
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Tomnashia luteominia, the red firedot lichen, is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Teloschistaceae.[2] It is widely distributed along the North American west coast. The lichen has two varieties: var. bolanderi has distinctive red apothecia (fruiting bodies), while var. luteominia has orange-brown apothecia.[3]
| Tomnashia luteominia | |
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| Tomnashia luteominia, Palos Verdes, Southern California | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Teloschistales |
| Family: | Teloschistaceae |
| Genus: | Tomnashia |
| Species: | T. luteominia |
| Binomial name | |
| Tomnashia luteominia (Tuck.) S.Y.Kondr. & Hur (2017) | |
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Taxonomy
The lichen was first formally described as a new species in 1866 by the American lichenologist Edward Tuckerman, as Placodium luteominimum.[4] Sergey Kondratyuk and Jae-Seoun Hur transferred it to the genus Tomnashia in 2017.[5] It is commonly known as the "red firedot lichen".[6]
