Verrucaria halizoa is a widespread species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Verrucariaceae.[2] It was formally described as a new species in 1871 by William Allport Leighton.[3] The lichen has a thin, superficial thallus that is pale olive-green to brown in colour; it lacks ridges or punctae. The thallus is somewhat gelatinous, and more or less translucent when moist. It grows in shaded nooks and crannies among seashore rocks, in the mid-littoral zone. The widely distributed species occurs in Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, the subantarctic islands, and Antarctica.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Verrucariales |
| Family: | Verrucariaceae |
| Genus: | Verrucaria |
| Species: | V. halizoa
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| Verrucaria halizoa Leight. (1871)
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See also
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edit- ^ "GSD Species Synonymy. Current Name: Verrucaria halizoa Leight., Lich.-Fl. Great Brit.: 436 (1871)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "Verrucaria halizoa Leight". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ Leighton, William Allport (1871). The lichen-flora of Great Britain, Ireland, and the Channel Islands (3rd ed.). Shrewsbury: Printed for the author. p. 461.
- ^ Orange, A.; Hawksworth, D.L.; McCarthy, P.M.; Fletcher, A. (2009). "Verrucaria". In Smith, C.W.; Aptroot, A.; Coppins, B.J.; Fletcher, A.; Gilbert, O.L.; James, P.W.; Wolseley, P.A. (eds.). The Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland. London: British Lichen Society. p. 949.