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| Ahtiana sphaerosporella growing on whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Ahtiana Goward (1986) |
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A. sphaerosporella
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| Binomial name | |
| Ahtiana sphaerosporella (Müll.Arg.) Goward (1986) | |
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Ahtiana is a genusoflichenized fungi known as candlewax lichens in the family Parmeliaceae.[1]Amonotypic genus, it contains the single species Ahtiana sphaerosporella or the mountain candlewax lichen,[2] found in western North America. This species was segregated from the genus Parmelia by Canadian lichenologist Trevor Goward in a 1985 publication.[3] It had been suggested that the genus include A. aurescens (Eastern candlewax lichen,[2] formerly Cetraria aurescens Tuck.) and A. pallidula (pallid candlewax lichen,[2] formerly Cetraria pallidula Tuck.) based on similarities in morphology,[4] but this transfer is not supported by molecular analysis.[5]
The genus was named in honour of Finnish botanist Teuvo Tapio Ahti.[3]
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