Placomaronea mendozae

Placomaronea mendozae is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) crustose lichen in the family Candelariaceae.^[2] Found in South America and the United States, it was formally described as a new species in 1941 by Finnish lichenologist Veli Räsänen. The type specimen was collected in Las Heras, Mendoza (Argentina) in 1939. Räsänen named it as a variety of Candelariella vitellina;^[3] Martin Westberg promoted the taxon to distinct species status in 2004.^[4] The lichen occurs along the Andes in Argentina and Peru, and in Arizona, USA. It is the only Placomaronea that has been found in North America.^[1]

Placomaronea mendozae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Candelariomycetes
Order:	Candelariales
Family:	Candelariaceae
Genus:	Placomaronea
Species:	P. mendozae
Binomial name
Placomaronea mendozae (Räsänen) M.Westb. (2004)
Synonyms[1]
Candelariella vitellina var. mendozae Räsänen (1941)