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Parmelia Lambii
''Parmelia lambii'' is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is found in the Antarctic Peninsula. Taxonomy The species was first species description, described by Auguste-Marie Hue in 1915 as ''Physcia tabacina''. The type (biology), type specimen was collected from Jenny Island (Marguerite Bay), Jenny Island in Marguerite Bay. Although the specimen was later lost, Elke Mackenzie had examined it and written up an unpublished description in 1959. Based on Mackenzie's detailed description, Dag Olav Øvstedal proposed in 2009 that the specimen actually represented a previously unrecognized species of ''Parmelia (fungus), Parmelia''. He considered that the minute punctiform (point-like) pseudocyphellae suggested a position in genus ''Punctelia'', but the presence of atranorin and salazinic acid as lichen products indicated a placement in ''Parmelia''. Because the name ''Parmelia tabacina'' had already been published for another taxon, a nomen novum, new name was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auguste-Marie Hue
Father Auguste-Marie Hue (15 August 1840– 22 June 1917) was a French lichenologist. Biography Hue was born on 15 August 1840, in Saint-Saëns, Seine-Maritime. He was Ordination, ordained as a priest in 1865. From 1890 to 1915 he was a chaplain at the Petites Sœurs des Pauvres in Levallois-Perret. He studied the lichens collected by the Philippe Thomas#Career, scientific expedition to Tunisia, the reports of which were published by Narcisse Théophile Patouillard (1854–1926). He also studied the lichens brought back by the French Antarctic Expeditions (1903–1905 and 1908–1910), commanded by Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867–1936). Father (1832–1900) sent him specimens collected in Louisiana. Hue has been credited for having introduced the lichen term in an 1906 publication. Hue died on 22 June 1917, in Levallois-Perret. n 1938, Carroll William Dodge and Gladys Elizabeth Baker published ''Huea'', which is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Lecanoraceae and named in H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |