Firedot Lichen (Caloplaca holocarpa) in Howard Co., Maryland (2/6/2011). Per Richard, "The main body of the lichen itself (the thallus) is so embedded within the bark of its deciduous tree host that it is not visible. It is only when the bright orange reproductive structures (apothecia) break through the bark that it becomes noticeable."
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Firedot Lichen (Caloplaca holocarpa) in Howard Co., Maryland (2/6/2011). Per Richard, "The main body of the lichen itself (the thallus) is so embedded within the bark of its deciduous tree host that it is not visible. It is only when the bright orange reproductive structures (apothecia) break through the bark that it becomes noticeable."
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| Athallia holocarpa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Teloschistales |
| Family: | Teloschistaceae |
| Genus: | Athallia |
| Species: | A. holocarpa
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| Binomial name | |
| Athallia holocarpa (Hoffm.) Arup, Frödén & Søchting
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Verrucaria obliterata var. holocarpa Hoffm. | |
Athallia holocarpa is a species of lichenised fungus in the Teloschistaceae family.[3][4] It was first described as Verrucaria oblitterata var. holocarpa by Georg Franz Hoffman in 1796,[3][5] and transferred to the new genus, Athallia, in 2013 by Ulf Arup, Ulrik Søchting, and Patrik Frödén.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ NatureServe. "Athallia holocarpa". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ "Mycobank: Athallia holocarpa". Mycobank.org.
- ^ a b c "Index Fungorum - Names Record: Athallia holocarpa". www.indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ a b Ulf Arup; Ulrik Søchting; Patrik Frödén (February 2013). "A new taxonomy of the family Teloschistaceae" (PDF). Nordic Journal of Botany. 31 (1): 36. doi:10.1111/J.1756-1051.2013.00062.X. ISSN 0107-055X. Wikidata Q54786251.
- ^ Hoffman, G.F. (1796). "Lichenes". Deutschlands Flora Oder Botanisches Taschenbuch (in Latin). Erlangen: 179.