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Vainionora americana
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About
Vainionora americana is a species of crustose lichen in the family Lecanoraceae that is found in the United States. It was described as a species new to science in 2004 by the lichenologists Klaus Kalb, Tor Tønsberg, and John Alan Elix. The type was collected by Tønsberg from the southern Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, where it was found growing on the bark of a maple tree. It was later recorded in Alabama.
- Family
- Lecanoraceae
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- Name
- Vainionora americana
- Slug
- vainionora-americana
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Family
- Lecanoraceae
- Genus
- Vainionora
- Species
- americana
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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