Alyxoria ochrocheila
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
| Order: | Arthoniales |
| Family: | Lecanographaceae |
| Genus: | Alyxoria |
| Species: | A. ochrocheila
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| Alyxoria ochrocheila (Nyl.) Ertz & Tehler
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Synonymy
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Alyxoria ochrocheila is a species of lichen in the family Lecanographaceae. It has a cosmopolitan distribution, and was formally described by William Nylander in 1865.
Description
[edit]Alyxoria ochrocheila has an effuse thallus, lacks a prothallus, and is white to white-grey in colour. It is often mistaken for Opegrapha sp., but can be identified due to having distinct orange pruina that turn purple when spot-tested with potassium hydroxide.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit]The species was first described by William Nylander in 1865, under the name Opegrapha ochrocheila.[3] It was recombined in 2010 and placed in the genus Alyxoria by Damien Ertz and Anders Tehler, based on phylogenetic analysis.[4]
Distribution
[edit]The species is distributed globally, often found in Europe , North America, Africa, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines.[2] It was first identified as occurring in New Zealand in 2016, from a specimen collected from a silver fern trunk in Hillsborough Cemetery in Auckland, New Zealand.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Alyxoria ochrocheila". MYCOBANK Database. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ^ a b c Marshall, Andrew J.; Blanchon, Dan J.; Aptroot, André; Lücking, Robert; de Lange, Peter J. (29 June 2022). "Five new additions to the lichenized mycobiota of the Aotearoa / New Zealand archipelago". Ukrainian Botanical Journal. 79 (3): 130–141. doi:10.15407/UKRBOTJ79.130. ISSN 0372-4123. Wikidata Q134497500.
- ^ "Alyxoria ochrocheila (Nyl.) Ertz & Tehler, Fungal Diversity 49(1): 50 (2011)". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ^ Ertz, Damien; Tehler, Anders (17 December 2010). "The phylogeny of Arthoniales (Pezizomycotina) inferred from nucLSU and RPB2 sequences". Fungal Diversity. 49 (1): 47–71. doi:10.1007/S13225-010-0080-Y. ISSN 1560-2745. Wikidata Q54795102.