Vahliella hookerioides


Vahliella hookerioides is a species of squamulose lichen in the family Vahliellaceae. It was first formally described in 2000 by the Norwegian lichenologist Per Magnus Jørgensen, who classified it as a member of Fuscopannaria. The type specimen was collected from Endovalley in Colorado, US. It is similar in morphology to V. leucophaea but has blackich apothecia, a more robust, and smaller, more rounded spores. Jørgensen transferred the taxon to the new genus Vahliella in 2008.