Atla wheldonii
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Verrucariales |
| Family: | Verrucariaceae |
| Genus: | Atla |
| Species: | A. wheldonii
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| Atla wheldonii | |
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Atla wheldonii is a species of terricolous (ground-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Verrucariaceae. Found in Europe, it was formally described as a new species in 1947 by William Gladstone Travis from specimens collected from sand dunes in Lancashire, England, in 1924.[2] Sanja Savić and Leif Tibell transferred the taxon to genus Atla in 2008 following molecular phylogenetic analysis that showed that it, along with three other Northern European species, comprised a distinct clade in the Verrucariacae.[3]
In additional to the British Isles, Atla wheldonii has also been recorded in the Pyrenees,[4] Austria,[5] and Scandinavia. It grows on basic soil, usually alongside mosses and cyanobacteria; typical lichen associates include Thelocarpon impressellum and Solorina spongiosa, and sometimes Polyblastia helvetica. Atla wheldonii has a thin and poorly developed thallus, and ascomata in the forms or perithecia that are immersed in the thallus. [3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Synonymy. Current Name: Atla wheldonii (Travis) Savić & Tibell, Lichenologist 40(4): 280 (2008)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ Travis, W.G. (1947). "A new British lichen: Polyblastia wheldoni sp.n.". North Western Naturalist. 22 (3–4): 240–241.
- ^ a b Savić, Sanja; Tibell, Leif (2008). "Atla, a new genus in the Verrucariaceae ( Verrucariales)". The Lichenologist. 40 (4): 269–282. doi:10.1017/s0024282908007512. S2CID 85405431.
- ^ Sérusiaux, E.; Diederich, P.; Brand, A.M.; van den Boom, P. (1999). "New or interesting lichens and lichenicolous fungi from Belgium and Luxembourg. VIII". Lejeunia. 162: 1–95.
- ^ Berger, F.; Priemetzhofer, F. (2005). "Neue und beerkenswerte Funde von Flechten aus Oberösterreich, Österreich" [Recent and remarkable finds of lichens from Upper Austria, Austria]. Beiträge Naturkunde Oberösterreichs (in German). 14: 3–18.
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