Porpidia pachythallina

Porpidia pachythallina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecideales
Family: Lecideaceae
Genus: Porpidia
Species:
P. pachythallina
Binomial name
Porpidia pachythallina
Fryday (2005)

Porpidia pachythallina is a species of rock-dwelling, crustose lichen-forming fungus in the family Lecideaceae.[1] Found in Great Britain, it was described as a new species in 2005 by Alan Fryday. The type specimen (holotype) was collected in Scotland (United Kingdom), in Mid Perthshire (vice-county 88) within Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve, at Burn of Edramucky. It was found growing on an acidic mica-schist boulder.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Porpidia pachythallina Fryday". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
  2. ^ Fryday, Alan M. (2005). "The genus Porpidia in northern and western Europe, with special emphasis on collections from the British Isles". The Lichenologist. 37 (1): 1–35. doi:10.1017/S0024282904014628.