''Thamnolia papelillo'' is a species of
whiteworm lichen in the family
Icmadophilaceae
The Icmadophilaceae are a family of lichen-forming fungi in the order Pertusariales. The family was circumscribed in 1993 by the mycologist Dagmar Treibel. It contains 9 genera and 35 species.
Description
Icmadophilaceae species are usually c ...
. It was
described as a new species in 2004 by Norwegian lichenologist
Rolf Santesson
Rolf Santesson (1916–2013) was a Swedish lichenologist and university lecturer. He was awarded the Acharius Medal in 1992 for his lifetime contributions to lichenology.
Early life and education
Santesson was born in 1916 in Trollhättan, Sw ...
. It is found in
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
, where it grows on grazed grass
steppe
In physical geography, a steppe () is an ecoregion characterized by grassland plains without closed forests except near rivers and lakes.
Steppe biomes may include:
* the montane grasslands and shrublands biome
* the tropical and subtropica ...
. Until Santesson's publication, it had been considered a
variety
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of ''
Thamolia vermicularis''. It differs from ''T. vermicularis'' in having flat and wide podetia and a distribution restricted to South America.
References
Pertusariales
Lichen species
Lichens described in 2004
Taxa named by Rolf Santesson
Fungi of South America
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