Leimonis erratica is a species of crustose lichen in the family Pilocarpaceae. A widely distributed species that grows on siliceous rock, it is found in Asia, Australia, North America, and Réunion.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Pilocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Leimonis |
| Species: | L. erratica
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| Leimonis erratica (Körb.) R.C.Harris & Lendemer (2009)
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Taxonomy edit
The lichen was originally described in 1861 by German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber as a member of genus Lecidea.[3] In 2009, Richard Harris and James Lendemer transferred it to the new genus Leimonis, in which it is the type species.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Synonymy. Current Name: Leimonis erratica (Körb.) R.C. Harris & Lendemer, Opuscula Philolichenum 6: 151 (2009)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ Coppins, Brian J.; Kashiwadani, Hiroyuki; Moon, Kwang Hee; Spribille, Toby; Thor, Göran (2021). "The genera Brianaria (Psoraceae) and Micarea (Pilocarpaceae) in Japan, with reports on other interesting species in Asia". The Lichenologist. 53 (1): 35–44. doi:10.1017/s0024282920000468.
- ^ Körber, Gustav Wilhelm (1861). Parerga lichenologica. Ergänzungen zum Systema lichenum Germaniae (in Latin). Vol. 3. Breslau: E. Trewendt. p. 233.
- ^ Harris, R.C. (2009). "Four novel lichen taxa in the lichen biota of eastern North America". Opuscula Philolichenum. 6: 151.
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