Menegazzia pertransita
Menegazzia pertransita growing on a tree in New Zealand. Scale bar = 1 cm.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Menegazzia
Species:
M. pertransita
Binomial name
Menegazzia pertransita
(Stirt.) R.Sant. (1942)
Synonyms[1]
  • Parmelia pertransita Stirt. (1877)
  • Parmelia weindorferi f. endocitrina Hillmann (1938)
  • Menegazzia weindorferi f. endocitrina (Hillmann) R.Sant. (1942)

Menegazzia pertransita is a species of foliose lichen in the large lichen family Parmeliaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Australia, and South America.[2] The lichen was first formally described by Scottish physician and bryologist James Stirton in 1877 as Parmelia pertransita.[3] Swedish lichenologist Rolf Santesson transferred it to the genus Menegazzia in 1942.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Menegazzia pertransita (Stirt.) R. Sant". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  2. ↑ Kantvilas, Gintaras (2019). "Further additions to the genus Menegazzia A. Massal. (Parmeliaceae) in Australia, with a revised regional key". The Lichenologist. 51 (2): 137–146. doi:10.1017/S0024282919000057.
  3. ↑ Stirton, J. (1877). "On new genera and species of lichens from New Zealand". Proceedings of the Philosophical Society of Glasgow. 10: 285–306.
  4. ↑ Santesson, R. (1942). "The South American Menegazziae". Arkiv før Botanik. 30A (11): 1–35.


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