Steineropsis laceratula
Steineropsis laceratula is a species of crustose placodioid lichen in the family Pannariaceae. It was first formally described in 1902 by French lichenologist Auguste-Marie Hue as Pannaria laceratula. Per Magnus Jørgensen proposed a transfer to Fuscopannaria in 1994. The taxon shuffled genera again in 2020 by Toby Spribille and Stefan Ekman after molecular phylogenetic analysis of the DNA from specimens collected in Alaska revealed its correct classification in the genus Steineropsis. The type specimen was collected in 1904 from Hakkoda, Japan, at an elevation of ; here the lichen was found growing on the bark of birch, but the species also grows on rock. References Pannariaceae Lichen species Lichens described in 1902 Lichens of Subarctic America Lichens of Japan Fungi without expected TNC conservation status Taxa named by Auguste-Marie Hue