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Hypogymnia Laxa
''Hypogymnia laxa'' is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Found in the Chinese Himalayas, it was described as a new species by Bruce McCune in 2003. The type specimen was collected from the Jiaozi Snow Mountain in Luquan County ( Yunnan), at an elevation of . Here it was found growing on the bark and wood of '' Abies'', '' Pinus'', and ''Rhododendron ''Rhododendron'' (; from Ancient Greek ''rhódon'' "rose" and ''déndron'' "tree") is a very large genus of about 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family (Ericaceae). They can be either evergreen or deciduous. Most species are nati ...''. The lichen is characterized by a thallus with soredia, the presence of physodalic acid in the medulla, and rimmed holes on the lower surface. This latter feature distinguishes it from the morphologically similar '' Hypogymnia pseudophysodes'', which always has unrimmed holes. References laxa Lichen species Lichens of China Lichens described i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce McCune
Bruce Pettit McCune (born 1952) is an American lichenologist, botanist, plant ecologist, and software developer for analysis of ecological data. Biography McCune grew up in Cincinnati. He completed his freshman year of college at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, and then transferred to the University of Montana in the autumn of 1971. There he graduated in 1974 with a bachelor's degree in botany. From 1971 to 1974 McCune and his then girlfriend, Patricia S. Muir, spent considerable time on Mount Sentinel, where they investigated lichens, mosses, and other plants. From 1974 to 1975 he travelled and also worked for two summers in Montana for the Bureau of Land Management. From 1976 to 1979 he was a graduate student at the University of Montana, where he graduated with a master's degree. In August 1979 he married Patricia Muir. She graduated in 1975 with a bachelor's degree in botany from the University of Montana. In 1979 the couple matriculated as graduate students at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |