Protoparmeliopsis sierrae is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen found in the western United States.[2] It was first formally described in 1993 by US lichenologists Bruce Douglas Ryan and Thomas Hawkes Nash III.[3] Sergey Kondratyuk transferred the taxon to the genus Protoparmeliopsis in 2012.[4]
| Protoparmeliopsis sierrae | |
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| in Tahoe National Forest, California | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Lecanoraceae |
| Genus: | Protoparmeliopsis |
| Species: | P. sierrae
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| Binomial name | |
| Protoparmeliopsis sierrae (B.D.Ryan & T.H.Nash) S.Y.Kondr. (2012)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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References
edit- ^ "Synonymy. Current Name:Protoparmeliopsis sierrae (B.D. Ryan & T.H. Nash) S.Y. Kondr., in Kondratyuk, Zarei-Darki & Khajeddin, Ukr. Bot. J. 69(6): 877 (2012)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
- ^ "Protoparmeliopsis sierrae". iNaturalist. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
- ^ Ryan, B.D.; Nash, T.H. III (1993). "Lecanora section Placodium (lichenized Ascomycotina) in North America: new taxa in the L. garovaglii group". The Bryologist. 96 (3): 288–298. doi:10.2307/3243856. S2CID 84348259.
- ^ Kondratyuk, S.Y.; Zarei-Darki, B.; Khajeddin, S.J. (2012). "New species and combinations in the genus Protoparmeliopsis (Lecanoraceae, Lichenized Ascomycota)". Ukrainian Botanical Journal. 69 (6): 869–879.
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