''Lecanora impudens'' is a species of
crustose lichen in the family
Lecanoraceae. It was
described as new to science by
Gunnar Degelius in 1944.
''Lecanora impudens'' is a known host species to
lichenicolous fungi
A lichenicolous fungus is a parasitic fungus that only lives on lichen as the host. A lichenicolous fungus is not the same as the fungus that is the component of the lichen, which is known as a lichenized fungus. They are most commonly specific to ...
, including ''
Carbonea aggregantula
''Carbonea aggregantula'' is a species of lichen belonging to the family Lecanoraceae.
It is a lichenicolous fungus, lichenicolous fungi, meaning that it grows on other lichens, but it does not cause disease, unlike the similar ''Carbonea austro ...
'' and ''
Dactylospora homoclinella''.
See also
*
List of ''Lecanora'' species
References
Lichen species
Lichens described in 1944
Lichens of North America
impudens
Taxa named by Gunnar Degelius
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