Porina americana

Porina americana
	Herbarium specimen collected from Réunion by the New York Botanical Garden
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Gyalectales
Family:	Porinaceae
Genus:	Porina
Species:	P. americana
Binomial name
	Porina americana; Fée
Synonyms
	Synonymy Pertusaria americana (Fée) Mont. ; Porophora americana (Fée) Spreng. ;

Porina americana is a species of lichen in the family Porinaceae. It has a pantropical distribution, and was formally described in 1824 by Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée.

Description

Porina americana varies between pale grey-brown, pale yellow-brown or pale grey-green in colour. It can be differentiated from Porina nucula due to having larger ascospores and a greater number of septae.^[2]

Taxonomy

The species was first described by Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée in 1824.^[3]

Distribution

The species has a Pantropical distribution, known from Colombia, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand, and in 2016 was first identified as being present at Swanson, Auckland, New Zealand.^[2]

References

↑ "Porina americana". MYCOBANK Database. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
1 2 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.
↑ "Porina americana Fée, Essai Crypt. Exot. (Paris): 83 (1825) [1824]". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 10 July 2025.

[1] "Porina americana". MYCOBANK Database. Retrieved 14 July 2025.

[FiveNew-2] 1 2 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.

[3] "Porina americana Fée, Essai Crypt. Exot. (Paris): 83 (1825) [1824]". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 10 July 2025.

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