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Gallowayella Montana
''Gallowayella montana'' is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Teloschistaceae. It occurs in North America. Taxonomy The lichen was first formally described as a new species in 1997 by Swedish/Norwegian lichenologist Louise Lindblom, as a member of genus '' Xanthoria''. The type specimen was collected by William Weber in Montrose County, Colorado near the Cerro Summit, at an altitude of . The species epithet derives from the Latin word ''montanus'', or montane. After being transferred to genus ''Xanthomendoza'' in 2002, and then to ''Oxneria'' a year later, in 2012 Sergey Kondratyuk and colleagues transferred it to the genus ''Gallowayella'' as part of a molecular phylogenetics-based restructuring of several genera in subfamily Xanthioideae of family Teloschistaceae. Description The thallus of ''Gallowayella montana'' forms rosettes up to in diameter, although neighbouring thalli often coalesce to form larger units. Its color ranges from y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingvar Kärnefelt
Jan Eric Ingvar Kärnefelt (born 1944) is a Swedish lichenologist. Early life and education Kärnefelt was born in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1944. His initial goal in his higher-level studies at University of Cologne in 1966–1967 was to become a dentist. He changed courses in 1968, turning instead to biology at the University of Gothenburg in 1968. Gunnar Degelius, his first teacher during undergraduate studies in botany in 1968, inspired him and others. After Degelius' retirement in 1969, Ingvar continued his studies at Lund University, where Hans Runemark held a position in systematic botany. In 1971 he met Ove Almborn, who became his supervisor. In 1979, he defended his thesis titled "The brown fruticose species of ''Cetraria''". The thesis was later awarded a prize for the best doctoral dissertation in botany at Lund University during a 5-year period by the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund. Career Kärnefelt became associate professor at the Department of Systematic Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |