Bacidia areolata | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Ramalinaceae |
Genus: | Bacidia |
Species: | B. areolata
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Binomial name | |
Bacidia areolata Gerasimova & A.Beck (2018)
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Bacidia areolata is a rare species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Ramalinaceae. [1] Found in the Russian Far East, it was formally described as a new species in 2018 by Julia Gerasimova and Andreas Beck. The type specimen was collected by the first author from the Bolshekhekhtsirskiy State Natural Reserve ( Khabarovsky District), where it was found growing on the bark of Acer tegmentosum in a coniferous-broadleaf forest near a river. The lichen is only known to occur at the type locality. The species epithet areolata refers to the structure of the thallus, which is areolate. [2]
Bacidia areolata is similar to Bacidia suffusa, but unlike that species, has an areolate thallus and lighter-coloured apothecia. These apothecia, which typically measure 0.4–0.6 mm in diameter, are more or less flat when young and either remain so in maturity or become somewhat convex. They have a pale pink to peach-coloured disc that sometimes becomes mottled in maturity, and a pale pink to yellow-brown margin. Ascospores are straight to slightly curved, and measure 47–67 μm long by 3–4 μm wide, with anywhere from 6 to 15 septa. [2]
Bacidia areolata | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Ramalinaceae |
Genus: | Bacidia |
Species: | B. areolata
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Binomial name | |
Bacidia areolata Gerasimova & A.Beck (2018)
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Bacidia areolata is a rare species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Ramalinaceae. [1] Found in the Russian Far East, it was formally described as a new species in 2018 by Julia Gerasimova and Andreas Beck. The type specimen was collected by the first author from the Bolshekhekhtsirskiy State Natural Reserve ( Khabarovsky District), where it was found growing on the bark of Acer tegmentosum in a coniferous-broadleaf forest near a river. The lichen is only known to occur at the type locality. The species epithet areolata refers to the structure of the thallus, which is areolate. [2]
Bacidia areolata is similar to Bacidia suffusa, but unlike that species, has an areolate thallus and lighter-coloured apothecia. These apothecia, which typically measure 0.4–0.6 mm in diameter, are more or less flat when young and either remain so in maturity or become somewhat convex. They have a pale pink to peach-coloured disc that sometimes becomes mottled in maturity, and a pale pink to yellow-brown margin. Ascospores are straight to slightly curved, and measure 47–67 μm long by 3–4 μm wide, with anywhere from 6 to 15 septa. [2]