Atla alaskana is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Verrucariaceae. Found in Alaska, it was formally described as a new species in 2015 by Sanja and Leif Tibell. The type specimen was collected from Sukakpak Mountain (Brooks Range) at an altitude of 776 m (2,546 ft); there, it was found growing on calciferous rock ledges in open dwarf shrub. The lichen has a thick, whitish-grey thallus with a granular to verrucose (warted) texture.[1]

Atla alaskana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Verrucariales
Family: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Atla
Species:
A. alaskana
Binomial name
Atla alaskana
S.Tibell & Tibell (2015)

References

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  1. ^ Tibell, Sanja; Tibell, Leif (2015). "Two new species of Atla (Verrucariaceae)". The Lichenologist. 47 (2): 93–98. doi:10.1017/s0024282915000018.