Calogaya pusilla is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Teloschistaceae. It was originally formally described in 1852 by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo, who placed it in genus Physcia. The type specimen was collected in Veneto, Italy.[2] It has undergone several changes of genus in its taxonomic history, including transfers to Caloplaca, Placodium, and Teloschistes.[1] In 2013, it was placed in the newly circumscribed genus Calogaya.[3]
| Calogaya pusilla | |
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| growing on a rock in Berlin, Germany | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Teloschistales |
| Family: | Teloschistaceae |
| Genus: | Calogaya |
| Species: | C. pusilla
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| Calogaya pusilla (A.Massal.) Arup, Frödén & Søchting (2013)
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Calogaya pusilla is common in Europe, and has been recorded from a few locations in the United States. Its typical habitat is on vertical, calcareous rock surfaces. It also occurs on walls with mortar.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Synonymy. Current Name: Calogaya pusilla (A. Massal.) Arup, Frödén & Søchting, Nordic Jl Bot. 31(1): 39 (2013)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ Massalongo, A. (1852). "Monograpfia del licheni blasteniospori". Atti del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti. 2 (in Italian). ser.2:t.1-3: 59.
- ^ Arup, Ulf; Søchting, Ulrik; Frödén, Patrik (2013). "A new taxonomy of the family Teloschistaceae". Nordic Journal of Botany. 31 (1): 016–083. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.2013.00062.x.
- ^ Knudsen, Kerry; Kocourková, Jana (2014). "Notes on the California Lichen Flora 6: New Records". Opuscula Philolichenum. 13: 4–7. doi:10.5962/p.386061.
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