Buellia quarryana

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Buellia quarryana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Caliciales
Family: Caliciaceae
Genus: Buellia
Species:
B. quarryana
Binomial name
Buellia quarryana
Elix & P.M.McCarthy (2020)
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Holotype site: Quarry Beach in East Gippsland

Buellia quarryana is a species of crustose lichen in the family Caliciaceae.[1] Found in southeastern Australia, it was described as a new species in 2020 by lichenologists John Elix and Patrick McCarthy. The type specimen was collected from Quarry Beach in East Gippsland (Victoria), where it was found growing on siliceous rocks along the seashore. The specific epithet refers to the type locality. It has also been found on the coast of southern New South Wales.[2]

The expected results of standard chemical spot tests for Buellia quarryana are K+ (yellow then red), C−, and PD+ (orange). The lichen contains the secondary chemicals norstictic acid (major) and connorstictic acid (trace amounts), which are detectable using thin-layer chromatography.[2]

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  1. ^ "Buellia quarryana Elix & P.M. McCarthy". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b Elix, John A.; McCarthy, P.M. (2020). "Three new species of buellioid lichens (Caliciaceae, Ascomycota) from south-eastern Australia" (PDF). Australasian Lichenology. 86: 30–35.