Dirina madagascariensis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
Order: | Arthoniales |
Family: | Roccellaceae |
Genus: | Dirina |
Species: | D. madagascariensis
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Binomial name | |
Dirina madagascariensis Tehler, Ertz, Killmann, Razafindr.,
Sérus. & Eb.Fisch. (2013)
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Dirina madagascariensis is a species of crustose lichen in the family Roccellaceae. [1] Found in southern Madagascar, it was formally described as a new species in 2013 by lichenologists Anders Tehler, Damien Ertz, Dorothee Killmann, Tahina Razafindrahaja, Emmanuël Sérusiaux, and Eberhard Fischer. The type specimen was collected by the second author from Taolagnaro ( Fort-Dauphin). It has been recorded growing both on rocks (usually calciferous) and on the bark of various trees and shrubs. The lichen has a creamy white to white-greyish thallus (0.1–1.5 mm thick) with a chalk-like medulla. Its ascospores measure 25–35 by 4–5 μm. D. madagascariensis contains the lichen products erythrin, lecanoric acid, and the unidentified substances named "C" and "J"; it is this latter substance that is characteristic of this species. [2]
Dirina madagascariensis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
Order: | Arthoniales |
Family: | Roccellaceae |
Genus: | Dirina |
Species: | D. madagascariensis
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Binomial name | |
Dirina madagascariensis Tehler, Ertz, Killmann, Razafindr.,
Sérus. & Eb.Fisch. (2013)
|
Dirina madagascariensis is a species of crustose lichen in the family Roccellaceae. [1] Found in southern Madagascar, it was formally described as a new species in 2013 by lichenologists Anders Tehler, Damien Ertz, Dorothee Killmann, Tahina Razafindrahaja, Emmanuël Sérusiaux, and Eberhard Fischer. The type specimen was collected by the second author from Taolagnaro ( Fort-Dauphin). It has been recorded growing both on rocks (usually calciferous) and on the bark of various trees and shrubs. The lichen has a creamy white to white-greyish thallus (0.1–1.5 mm thick) with a chalk-like medulla. Its ascospores measure 25–35 by 4–5 μm. D. madagascariensis contains the lichen products erythrin, lecanoric acid, and the unidentified substances named "C" and "J"; it is this latter substance that is characteristic of this species. [2]