Punctelia punctilla: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Lecanorales
- Family
- Parmeliaceae
- Genus
- Punctelia
- Species
- Punctelia punctilla
- Scientific Name
- Punctelia punctilla
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Punctelia punctilla
Punctelia punctilla is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is found in Africa, South America, and North America, where it grows on bark and on rocks. The main characteristics that distinguish Punctelia punctilla from other species of Punctelia are the presence of isidia on the thallus surface, a pale brown thallus undersurface, and the presence of lecanoric acid in the medulla.
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Sibling Taxa
- Punctelia anae
- Punctelia appalachensis
- Punctelia bolliana
- Punctelia borreri
- Punctelia canaliculata
- Punctelia caseana
- Punctelia cedrosensis
- Punctelia constantimontium
- Punctelia crispa
- Punctelia diffractaica
- Punctelia digitata
- Punctelia eganii
- Punctelia fimbriata
- Punctelia graminicola
- Punctelia hypoleucites
- Punctelia imbricata
- Punctelia jeckeri
- Punctelia jujensis
- Punctelia missouriensis
- Punctelia nashii
- Punctelia negata
- Punctelia neutralis
- Punctelia novozelandica
- Punctelia perreticulata
- Punctelia punctilla
- Punctelia purpurascens
- Punctelia reddenda
- Punctelia roseola
- Punctelia rudecta
- Punctelia stictica
- Punctelia subalbicans
- Punctelia subflava
- Punctelia subpraesignis
- Punctelia subrudecta
- Punctelia tomentosula
- Punctelia toxodes
- Punctelia transtasmanica