title: Loxospora ochrophaea
text: # Loxospora ochrophaea
  
  Loxospora ochrophaea is a species of crustose lichen in the family Sarrameanaceae.
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  It was first described scientifically by American lichenologist Edward Tuckerman in 1848 as Biatora ochrophaea. It has been shuffled to various genera in its taxonomic history, including Lecanora, Haematomma, and Lecania. Richard Harris proposed a transfer to Loxospora in 1990.
  
  ## Description
  
  Loxospora ochrophaea has a crust-like thallus that is light gray to green with a warty texture. It has peach-coloured apothecia that have a white margin. The lichen contains thamnolic acid and zeorin as secondary compounds. Found in North America, it grows on bark.
  
  