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| Amandinea punctata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Caliciales |
| Family: | Caliciaceae |
| Genus: | Amandinea |
| Species: | A. punctata |
| Binomial name | |
| Amandinea punctata | |
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Amandinea punctata (tiny button lichen) is a crustose brown to gray lichen that grows on wood and rock around the world.[2] It grows on, not in the wood (epiphytic).[2] It prefers bark that is acidic.[2] In California, it is among the most common crustose lichens occurring on trees.[2] Sometimes its thallus is absent, and branches may be covered in its lecideine apothecia.[2] Because of its tolerance of low humidity, it is one of the few epiphytic lichens growing on trees in California deserts, where it commonly grows on the old, dry wood of junipers, and sometimes fallen pinyon pines and oaks, or on their dead branches.[2] Compared to other lichens, it is tolerant of air pollutants and other toxins such as NO2 and SO2.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ NatureServe. "Amandinea punctata". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Amandinea punctata in the Joshua Tree National Park (California, U.S.A.) Map collection: Kerry Knudsen, Kocourková Jana; Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Ecology, Czech Republic; 2012
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