Pyrenula microcarpa

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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
Binomial name
Pyrenula microcarpa
Müll.Arg. (1885)
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Collema microcarpoides (Müll. Arg.
  • Pyrenula conspurcata Müll. Arg.
  • Pyrenula melaleuca Müll. Arg.
  • Pyrenula microcarpoides Müll. Arg.
  • Usnea dasypoga var. microcarpoides (Müll. Arg.) Zahlbr.
  • Usnea microcarpoides (Müll. Arg.) Motyka

Pyrenula microcarpa is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Pyrenulaceae. It has a pantropical distribution.

Description

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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

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The lichen was formally described as a new species in 1885 by Johannes Müller Argoviensis.[4]

Distribution

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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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References

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