Anzia colpodes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Parmeliaceae |
Genus: | Anzia |
Species: | A. colpodes
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Binomial name | |
Anzia colpodes | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Anzia colpodes, commonly known as the black foam lichen, is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), foliose lichen in the large family Parmeliaceae. [2] It occurs in eastern North America.
The lichen was first formally described as a new species by the Swedish lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1799. [3] He classified it in the eponymous genus Lichen, which was standard at the time. In 1803 he transferred it to the genus Parmelia. [4] Ernst Stizenberger transferred it to the genus Anzia in 1862. [5]