''Lecanora rupicola'' is a species of
crustose lichen
Crustose lichens are lichens that form a crust which strongly adheres to the Substrate (biology), substrate (soil, rock, tree bark, etc.), making separation from the substrate impossible without destruction. The basic structure of crustose lichen ...
in the family
Lecanoraceae
The Lecanoraceae are a family of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales. Species of this family have a widespread distribution.
Taxonomy
Lecanoraceae was circumscribed by German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855.
Genera
According ...
. It is a known host species to the
lichenicolous fungus
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 ...
''
Arthonia glaucomaria''.
See also
*
List of ''Lecanora'' species
References
rupicola
Lichen species
Lichens described in 1767
Lichens of North America
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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