Gyalideopsis buckii
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Graphidales |
| Family: | Gomphillaceae |
| Genus: | Gyalideopsis |
| Species: | G. buckii
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| Gyalideopsis buckii Vězda (2005) | |
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Gyalideopsis buckii is a species of bark-dwelling lichen in the family Gomphillaceae. It is found in the United States.
Taxonomy
The lichen was originally described by botanist William Russell Buck in 1980, as Tricharia vezdae, based on specimens collected from the southeastern United States. The type specimen was collected in Natchez Trace State Park, Tennessee, where it was found growing on the branches of a shrub (possibly Vaccinium arboreum) in an area that was dry and sandy.[2] In 2005, lichenologists Robert Lücking, Emmanuël Sérusiaux, and Antonín Vězda reorganized the systematics of the family Gomphillaceae with cladistic analysis. As part of this reorganization, Tricharia vezdae was to be transferred to the genus Gyalideopsis, but the name Gyalideopsis vezdae was already in use for another species. A new name was given to the taxon, with the specific epithet buckii honoring the original describer.[3]
The lichen has been previously noted by Vězda as a probable member of
Description
The main characteristics of Gyalideopsis buckii are its growth on bark (many Gyalideopsis lichens instead
References
- Species Fungorum. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ doi:10.2307/2806793.
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- ^ Vězda, Antonín (1979). "Flechtensystematische Studien XI. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Familie Asterothryiaceae (Discolichenes)". Folia geobotanica et phytotaxonomica (in German). 14: 43–94.