Jamesiella scotica

Taxobox | name = "Jamesiella scotica"


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regnum = Fungi
divisio = Ascomycota
classis = Ascomycetes
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familia = Gomphillaceae
genus = "Jamesiella"
species = "J. scotica"
binomial = "Jamesiella scotica"
binomial_authority = (P. James) Lücking, Sérus. & Vêzda [ [http://www.thebls.org.uk/content/slistil.html "Synonym List of Lichens & Lichenicolous Fungi - I to L"] British Lichen Society. Retrieved 22 June 2008.]

"Jamesiella scotica" is a species of lichen that is thought to be endemic to the United Kingdom and Ireland. In the UK it occurs in montane habitats in England, Wales and Scotland at heights of over 200 metres, thriving on decomposing bryophytes (such as "Marsupella emarginata") on base-rich soils. [http://www.ukbap.org.uk/UKPlans.aspx?ID=345 "Species Action Plan: Lichen (Gyalideopsis scotica)"] UK BAP. Retrieved 5 July 2008.]

Distribution and conservation

In the UK the species is classified as near threatened and receives protection under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. It is found in the Cairngorm mountains of Scotland and from Ben Alder, Ben Hope and Ben Lawers elsewhere in the Highlands. [Fryday, Alan [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mVp6qGygeVgC&pg=PA189&lpg=PA189&dq=Jamesiella+scotica&source=web&ots=BKiOdU36dz&sig=dCE-tH3zNTUja1qknR5eeFY-80g&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result "Lichens"] , in Shaw, Philip and Thompson, Des (eds.) (2006) "The Nature of the Cairngorms: Diversity in a changing environment". Edinburgh. The Stationery Office. ISBN 0114973261. pp. 177-93.] [ [http://www.biodiversityscotland.gov.uk/sbl_detail.php?id=39&type=2&navID=93&pageref=sbl_detail&tvk=NBNSYS0000016942 "Species & Habitat Detail: "Gyalideopsis scotica"] . Biodiversity Scotland. Retrieved 5 July 2008.]

It is known from three sites in Wales - Cwm Idwal, Cwm Glas Mawr and Llyn Glas - and one site in Cumbria, in England. In Ireland, it is found on metamorphosed limestone in County Donegal.

Description

A crustose lichen with a varnish-like thallus that grows to a diameter of 1.5 cm.

Synonym

"Gyalideopsis scotica"

References