Protoparmeliopsis sierrae

Protoparmeliopsis sierrae is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen found in the western United States.^[2] It was first formally described in 1993 by US lichenologists Bruce Douglas Ryan and Thomas Hawkes Nash III.^[3] Sergey Kondratyuk transferred the taxon to the genus Protoparmeliopsis in 2012.^[4]

Protoparmeliopsis sierrae
in Tahoe National Forest, California
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Lecanoraceae
Genus:	Protoparmeliopsis
Species:	P. sierrae
Binomial name
Protoparmeliopsis sierrae (B.D.Ryan & T.H.Nash) S.Y.Kondr. (2012)
Synonyms[1]
Lecanora sierrae B.D.Ryan & T.H.Nash (1993)