The " Martian " flora: new collections of vascular plants, lichens, fungi, algae, and cyanobacteria from the Mars Desert Research Station, Utah
Author
Sokoloff, Paul C.
Author
Freebury, Colin E.
Author
Hamilton, Paul B.
Author
Saarela, Jeffery M.
text
Biodiversity Data Journal
2016
4
8176
8176
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8176
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8176
1314-2828-4-8176
Caloplaca trachyphylla (Tuck.) Zahlbr.
Materials
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: recordNumber: 252; recordedBy:
Sokoloff, Paul C.
; Taxon: scientificName: Caloplacatrachyphylla (Tuck.) Zahlbr.; kingdom: Fungi; phylum: Ascomycota; class: Lecanoromycetes; order: Teloschistales; family: Teloschistaceae; genus: Caloplaca; specificEpithet: trachyphylla; taxonRank: Species; scientificNameAuthorship: (Tuck.) Zahlbr.; Location: continent: North America; country:
United States of America
; countryCode: USA; stateProvince: Utah; county: Wayne County; municipality: Hanksville; locality:
Mars Desert Research Station
; verbatimLocality: Vicinity of the Mars Desert Research Station, Hanksville, Utah, 500 m radius of "hab"; verbatimElevation:
1371 m
; verbatimLatitude:
38°24'23.2"N
; verbatimLongitude:
110°47'31.1"W
; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 50; Identification: identifiedBy:
Freebury, Colin E.
; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: verbatimEventDate:
November 17, 2014
; habitat: Rocks on soil within a covered passageway; Record Level: institutionID: CMN; collectionID: CANL 127956; collectionCode:
CANL, UTC
; basisOfRecord: Preserved Specimen
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: recordNumber: 269; recordedBy:
Sokoloff, Paul C.
; Taxon: scientificName: Caloplacatrachyphylla (Tuck.) Zahlbr.; kingdom: Fungi; phylum: Ascomycota; class: Lecanoromycetes; order: Teloschistales; family: Teloschistaceae; genus: Caloplaca; specificEpithet: trachyphylla; taxonRank: Species; scientificNameAuthorship: (Tuck.) Zahlbr.; Location: continent: North America; country:
United States of America
; countryCode: USA; stateProvince: Utah; county: Wayne County; municipality: Hanksville; locality:
Mars Desert Research Station
; verbatimLocality: Dry streambed approx. 500 m northeast of Mars Desert Research Station "hab"; verbatimElevation:
1371 m
; verbatimLatitude:
38°24'27.7"N
; verbatimLongitude:
110°47'20"W
; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 50; Identification: identifiedBy:
Freebury, Colin E.
; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: verbatimEventDate:
November 20, 2014
; habitat: Hilltop sandstone boulder, a bird perch; Record Level: institutionID: CMN; collectionID: CANL 127957; collectionCode:
CANL, UTC
; basisOfRecord: Preserved Specimen
Notes
This species was one of the most conspicuous lichens encountered on EVAs (Fig. 19). One specimen (Sokoloff 252) was collected on a rock inside the passageway connecting the MDRS "hab" with the Musk Observatory. Though we follow
Brodo et al. (2001)
in treating this species as a member of
Caloplaca
, some authors treat this species as
Xanthomendoza trachyphylla
(Tuck.)
Froeden
, Arup &
Sochting
(
Arup et al. 2013
).
Caloplaca trachyphylla
is common in western North America (
Brodo et al. 2001
).
Supplemental Files: CANL 127956 (Suppl. material 17), CANL 127957 (Suppl. material 18).