''Ochrolechia minuta'' 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

Ochrolechiaceae The Ochrolechiaceae are a family of lichenized fungi in the order Pertusariales The Pertusariales are an order of fungi in the class Lecanoromycetes. It contains the following families: Agyriaceae The Agyriaceae are a family of licheniz ...

. It was first formally described in 1938 by Swedish lichenologist

Gunnar Degelius Gunnar Bror Fritiof Degelius (né Nilsson until 1932; 27 January 1903 – 22 July 1993) was a Swedish lichenologist. Between the publications of his first and final scientific papers, Degelius had a 70-year-long research career. While he was ...

as ''Perforaria minuta''. The

type specimen In biology, a type is a particular wiktionary:en:specimen, specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally attached. In other words, a type is an example that serves to a ...

was collected from the

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. Toby Spribille transferred it to the genus ''

Ochrolechia ''Ochrolechia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Ochrolechiaceae. Species , Species Fungorum accepts 38 species of ''Ochrolechia'': *'' Ochrolechia aegaea'' *'' Ochrolechia africana'' *'' Ochrolechia alaskana'' *'' Ochrolechia a ...

'' in 2020, suggesting that the absence of cephalodia, and the presence of alectoronic acid, indicate that it is "related to the alectoronic acid-containing species of poriform ''Ochrolechia''".

References

Pertusariales Lichen species Lichens described in 1938 Lichens of Subarctic America Fungi without expected TNC conservation status {{Pertusariales-stub