Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium at Louisiana State University (LSU:Lichens)
LSU00135625
2dbb067b-0cba-456a-bfa6-33a702797d6a
169298
Xanthoria candelaria (L.) Th. Fr.
Teloschistaceae
Rolf Santesson (s.d.)
with Tor Tonsberg
ISONEOTYPE
Rolf Santesson
30905
1983-08-03
3.VIII.1983
Tor Tonsberg
Sweden, Öland, Borgholm Municipality, Öland Prov., Böda par., Mensalvaret, the stone wall on the limestone pavement ("alvar").
57.2333333 16.95
57° 14' 0.000" N, 16° 57' 0.000" E
On the top of granitic boulders often visited by birds.
granitic boulders
Lichenes Selecti Exsiccati Upsaliensis No. 25. Genera Heterol. Eur. Recog.: 61, 1861. Lichen candelarius L. Spec. Plant. (2): 1141, 1753.
Previously this species has not been typified. From the statemens in Linné, Spec. Plant.: 1141 and 1169, 1753, and Iter Oelandicus: 30, 1745, it is clear that this lichen was meant. - R.S. Neotype in UPS. Imaged for Global Plants (JSTOR Plant Science)