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gypsum earthscale lichens
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gypsum earthscale lichens

Gypsoplaca

Gypsoplacaceae is a family of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales. This is a monotypic family, containing the single genus Gypsoplaca, which has a widespread distribution. Gypsoplaca is also monotypic, containing the sole species Gypsoplaca macrophylla. The family and genus were described as new in 1990 by Norwegian lichenologist Einar Timdal.

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1 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Gypsum Earthscale Lichen

speciesGypsoplaca macrophylla

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 175759.