Physcia stellaris
Physcia stellaris is a species of lichen. It is pale grey, but darker in the centre, and lacks isidia, lobules, soredia and pruina. It tests negative with potassium hydroxide. In North America, it is known colloquially as the fringed rosette lichen.[1]
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Caliciales |
| Family: | Physciaceae |
| Genus: | Physcia |
| Species: | P. stellaris |
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It can grow as an epiphyte. In Greece, it has been reported from the trunk of Platanus trees.[2]
References
- Brodo, Irwin M.; Sharnoff, Sylvia Duran; Sharnoff, Stephen (2001). Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. p. 558. ISBN 978-0300082494.
- Christiansen, Steen N. (2022). "Epiphytic lichens from towns and villages in Greece" (PDF). Parnassiana archives. 10: 31–37. ISSN 2241-7842.
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