Ocellularia neoperforata | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Graphidales |
Family: | Graphidaceae |
Genus: | Ocellularia |
Species: | O. neoperforata
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Binomial name | |
Ocellularia neoperforata |
Ocellularia neoperforata is a rare species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Graphidaceae. Found in Malaysia, it was formally described as a new species in 2002 by lichenologists Natsurang Homchantara and Brian J. Coppins. The type specimen was collected by the second author from Gunung Mulu National Park ( Sarawak) at an elevation of about 100 m (330 ft); here, it was found in a heath forest growing on a young tree. It is only known from the type collection at the type locality. The lichen has a shiny and smooth, greenish-grey thallus with a dense cortex and a white medulla. Its ascospores are trans- septate, narrowly ellipsoid, and measure 11–15 μm long. It contains fumarprotocetraric acid, a secondary compound. Ocellularia perforata is a lookalike species after which O. neoperforata is named. In contrast to the latter lichen, it has larger ascospores, less emergent apothecia, and contains protocetraric acid. [1]
Ocellularia neoperforata | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Graphidales |
Family: | Graphidaceae |
Genus: | Ocellularia |
Species: | O. neoperforata
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Binomial name | |
Ocellularia neoperforata |
Ocellularia neoperforata is a rare species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Graphidaceae. Found in Malaysia, it was formally described as a new species in 2002 by lichenologists Natsurang Homchantara and Brian J. Coppins. The type specimen was collected by the second author from Gunung Mulu National Park ( Sarawak) at an elevation of about 100 m (330 ft); here, it was found in a heath forest growing on a young tree. It is only known from the type collection at the type locality. The lichen has a shiny and smooth, greenish-grey thallus with a dense cortex and a white medulla. Its ascospores are trans- septate, narrowly ellipsoid, and measure 11–15 μm long. It contains fumarprotocetraric acid, a secondary compound. Ocellularia perforata is a lookalike species after which O. neoperforata is named. In contrast to the latter lichen, it has larger ascospores, less emergent apothecia, and contains protocetraric acid. [1]