Ludwig Schaerer
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Ludwig Emanuel Schaerer was a Swiss pastor and lichenologist. Interested in natural history from a young age, Schaerer trained as a teacher and studied theology in Bern. During his career as a teacher
Front cover of 1840 work
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Buellia schaereri 37885
Placocarpus schaereri Jymm
Umbilicaria virginis
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Umbilicaria virginis, commonly known as the blushing rock tripe, is a species of saxicolous umbilicate lichen in the family Umbilicariaceae. It occurs in polar and alpine regions.
Ludwig Schaerer
…to Schaerer for further study. He determined that several of the species were already known from other alpine locations, but a new species he named Umbilicaria virginis to refer to the type locality (Jungfrau means "maiden" or "virgin" in German). The summer of 1847 was devoted to a trip to the Pyrenees, with the aim…
Umbilicaria virginis Flickr pellaea