Gyalecta nana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Gyalectales |
Family: | Gyalectaceae |
Genus: | Gyalecta |
Species: | G. nana
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Binomial name | |
Gyalecta nana
Tuck. (1862)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Gyalecta nana is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen. It was first described in 1862 by the American lichenologist Edward Tuckerman. [2] In 1969, Antonín Vězda renamed the genus Gyalectina in an effort to denote its 12–16 spores per ascus in comparison to the ≤ 8 spores per ascus of Gyalecta, [3] and research in 1982 posited that G. nana was synonymous with Cryptolechia nana. [4] In 2019 molecular phylogenetics analysis suggested the most appropriate characterization again was Gylecta nana. [5]
This crustose lichen has minute apothecia (fruiting bodies) with 10–12 small, colorless spores per ascus. [2]
The lichen is found on the bark of trees in South America and Africa. [6]
Gyalecta nana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Gyalectales |
Family: | Gyalectaceae |
Genus: | Gyalecta |
Species: | G. nana
|
Binomial name | |
Gyalecta nana
Tuck. (1862)
| |
Synonyms [1] | |
Gyalecta nana is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen. It was first described in 1862 by the American lichenologist Edward Tuckerman. [2] In 1969, Antonín Vězda renamed the genus Gyalectina in an effort to denote its 12–16 spores per ascus in comparison to the ≤ 8 spores per ascus of Gyalecta, [3] and research in 1982 posited that G. nana was synonymous with Cryptolechia nana. [4] In 2019 molecular phylogenetics analysis suggested the most appropriate characterization again was Gylecta nana. [5]
This crustose lichen has minute apothecia (fruiting bodies) with 10–12 small, colorless spores per ascus. [2]
The lichen is found on the bark of trees in South America and Africa. [6]