Lecidea keimioeensis

Lecidea keimioeensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecideales
Family:	Lecideaceae
Genus:	Lecidea
Species:	L. keimioeensis
Binomial name
Lecidea keimioeensis Vain. (1934)

Lecidea keimioeensis (originally published as keimioeënsis) is a species of crustose lichen. It was collected by Finnish botanist Kaarlo Linkola from Keimiötunturi [fi], Finland, (for which the species is named), and identified as a new species by Edvard August Vainio.[1] This species was the last one described by Vainio before he had to go to the hospital for a sudden illness, where he died two weeks later.[2] Since its original publication, it has scarcely been reported in the scientific literature. In a 1997 assessment report about the inclusion criteria for a Finnish Regional Red List, the species was described as an example of "probably curiosities known to only one researcher".[3]

See also

• List of Lecidea species

References

1. Vainio, Edvard August (1934). Lichenographia Fennia IV. Lecideales 2 (PDF). Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. Vol. 57. pp. 1–531.
2. Linkola, K. (1929). "Edvard August Vainio". Luonnon Ystävä (in Finnish). 33 (5): 1–16.
3. Kaipiainen, Heidi; Kemppainen, Eija; Peltonen, Sirkka-Liisa; Alanen, Aulikki (1997). Uhanalaisuuden arviointiperusteet [Endangerment Criteria]. Helsinki: Suomen ympäristökeskus. p. 13.