Pyrenula microcarpa
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| Growing on the bark of red maple in North Carolina, USA. Scale bar = 0.5 mm | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Pyrenulales |
| Family: | Pyrenulaceae |
| Genus: | Pyrenula |
| Species: | P. microcarpa
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyrenula microcarpa Müll.Arg. (1885)
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Synonymy
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Pyrenula microcarpa is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Pyrenulaceae. It has a pantropical distribution.
Description
[edit | edit source]Pyrenula microcarpa has a white to grey thallus without a pseudocyphellae, and black ascomata measuring up to 0.7 mm (0.028 in) in diameter.[2][3]
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]The lichen was formally described as a new species in 1885 by Johannes Müller Argoviensis.[4]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]The species is primarily pantropical, mostly found in open coastal areas, but can also be found in montane forest.[2] It is widespread in Australia, and was first recognised in New Zealand in 2015.[2]
See also
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