Global InformationPlacynthium glaciale information
| Placynthium glaciale | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Peltigerales |
| Family: | Placynthiaceae |
| Genus: | Placynthium |
| Species: | P. glaciale
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| Binomial name | |
| Placynthium glaciale Fryday & T.Sprib. (2020)
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Placynthium glaciale is a species of saxicolous lichen in the family Placynthiaceae. Found in Alaska, it was described as a new species in 2020 by lichenologists Alan Fryday and Toby Spribille. The type specimen was collected in the Hoonah-Angoon Census Area of Glacier Bay National Park, on the upper end of Muir Inlet. Here the lichen was found growing on an argillite-like boulder as well as exposed cobbles in post-glacial soil. The specific epithet glaciale alludes to its association with glacial forelands.[1]
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