Lichens of North Carolina
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Distopyrenis americana Aptroot - American Pox Lichen

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Taxonomy
Family: Pyrenulaceae                                                                                 
Comments: Type specimen from Macon/Jackson counties: Whiteside Mountain (Aptroot 1991).
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Technical Description: Aptroot, A 1991: A monograph of the Pyrenulaceae (Excluding Anthracothecium and Pyrenula) and the Requienellaceae, with Notes on the Pleomassariaceae, the Trypetheliaceae and Mycomicrothelia (Lichenized and Non-lichenized Ascomycetes). Bibliotheca Lichenologica, Bd. 44, J. Cramer, Berlin, Stuttgart. 178 pp.                                                                                  
Distribution in North Carolina
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Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G3
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