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 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Teloschistales |
| Family: | Teloschistaceae |
| Genus: | Tomnashia |
| Species: | T. luteominia
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| Tomnashia luteominia (Tuck.) S.Y.Kondr. & Hur (2017)
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Taxonomy edit
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]
References edit
- ^ "Synonymy. Current Name: Tomnashia luteominia (Tuck.) S.Y. Kondr. & Hur, in Kondratyuk, Lőkös, Upreti, Nayaka, Mishra, Ravera, Jeong, Jang, Park & Hur, Acta bot. hung. 59(1-2): 123 (2017)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ "Tomnashia luteominia (Tuck.) S.Y. Kondr. & Hur". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ Sharnoff, Stephen (2014). A Field Guide to California Lichens. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2.
- ^ Tuckerman, E. (1866). Lichens of California, Oregon and the Rocky Mountains, so far as yet known. p. 18.
- ^ Kondratyuk, S.Y.; Lőkös, L.; Upreti, D.K.; Nayaka, S.; Mishra, G.K.; Ravera, S.; Jeong, M.-H.; Jang, S.-H.; Park, J.S.; Hur, J.-S. (2017). "New monophyletic branches of the Teloschistaceae (lichen-forming Ascomycota) proved by three gene phylogeny". Acta Botanica Hungarica. 59 (1–2): 71–136. doi:10.1556/034.59.2017.1-2.6. hdl:10447/414429.
- ^ Brodo, Irwin M.; Sharnoff, Sylvia Duran; Sharnoff, Stephen (2001). Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. p. 203. ISBN 978-0-300-08249-4.
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