{{Short description|Species of lichen}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |last1=Moncada |first1=B. |last2=Simijaca |first2=D. |last3=Soto-Medina |first3=E. |last4=Coca |first4=L.F. |last5=Jaramillo |first5=M. |year=2023 |title=''Sticta macrocyphellata'' |volume=2023 |article-number=e.T180148143A180167305 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T180148143A180167305.es |language=es |access-date=1 December 2024}}</ref> | taxon = Sticta macrocyphellata | authority = B.Moncada & Coca (2013) }}

'''''Sticta macrocyphellata''''' is a species of foliose lichen in the family Peltigeraceae. It is found in the Colombian Andes.

==Taxonomy==

The lichen was formally described as a new species in by lichenologists Bibiana Moncada and Luis Fernando Coca. The type specimen was collected near Monte Zancudo (Tatamá National Natural Park, Risaralda) at an altitude of {{convert|2800|m|ft|abbr=on}}. The species epithet alludes to the dense, sizable {{lichengloss|cyphellae}} that are highly visible across a significant portion of the underside.<ref name="Moncada et al. 2013"/>

In a time-calibrated chronogram of the phylogeny of the genus ''Sticta'', ''Sticta macrocyphellata'' was most closely related to ''S.&nbsp;dilatata''; these two species made up a clade that was sister to a clade containing ''S.&nbsp;papillata'', and a species resembling ''S.&nbsp;subtomentella''.<ref name="Widhelm et al. 2018"/>

==Habitat and distribution==

''Sticta macrocyphellata'' typically grows in semi-exposed microsites in subandine to andine forests, at elevations ranging from {{convert|2200|to|3400|m|ft|abbr=on}}. This species has been recorded on the western slopes of the Cordillera Central, the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Oriental, and the Cordillera Occidental. ''Sticta macrocyphellata'' commonly grows on rocks and bark and is often associated with bryophytes such as ''Plagiochila'', ''Lophocolea'', ''Bazzania'', ''Omphalanthus'', and ''Macromitrium''.<ref name="Moncada et al. 2013"/>

==References== {{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="Moncada et al. 2013">{{cite journal |last1=Moncada |first1=Bibiana |last2=Lücking |first2=Robert |last3=Coca |first3=Luis Fernando |title=Six new apotheciate species of ''Sticta'' (lichenized Ascomycota: Lobariaceae) from the Colombian Andes |journal=The Lichenologist |volume=45 |issue=5 |year=2013 |doi=10.1017/s0024282913000376 |pages=635–656 |s2cid=86204092}}</ref>

<ref name="Widhelm et al. 2018">{{cite journal |last=Widhelm |first=Todd J. |last2=Bertoletti |first2=Francesca R. |last3=Asztalos |first3=Matt J. |last4=Mercado-Díaz |first4=Joel A. |last5=Huang |first5=Jen-Pan |last6=Moncada |first6=Bibiana |last7=Lücking |first7=Robert |last8=Magain |first8=Nicolas |last9=Sérusiaux |first9=Emmanuël |last10=Goffinet |first10=Bernard |last11=Crouch |first11=Nicholas |last12=Mason-Gamer |first12=Roberta |last13=Lumbsch |first13=H. Thorsten |title=Oligocene origin and drivers of diversification in the genus ''Sticta'' (Lobariaceae, Ascomycota) |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |volume=126 |year=2018 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.006 |pages=58–73}}</ref>

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Category:Lichen species Category:Lichens described in 2013 Category:Lichens of Colombia Category:Taxa named by Bibiana Moncada

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