| Schistophoron aurantiacum | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Graphidales |
| Family: | Graphidaceae |
| Genus: | Schistophoron |
| Species: | S. aurantiacum
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| Binomial name | |
| Schistophoron aurantiacum | |
Schistophoron aurantiacum is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Graphidaceae. [1] Found in Costa Rica, it was formally described as a new species in 2007 by lichenologists André Aptroot and Harrie Sipman. The type specimen was collected by the second author from Carara National Park ( Puntarenas Province), where it was found along a stream in a partly disturbed primary forest dominated by an understory of the shrub Erythrochiton gymnanthus. [2]
The lichen has an orange-tinged, white thallus with an orange-brown prothallus. Its ascomata are in the form of short lirellae with carbonised walls. Its ascospores are ellipsoid with a single septum, and measure 10–12 by 5–7 μm. Schistophoron aurantiacum contains lichexanthone, a lichen product that causes the thallus to fluoresce yellow when lit with a long-wavelength UV light. The orange colouring of the thallus results from an anthraquinone compound that has a K+ (deep violet red) chemical spot test. This species is the only one in genus Schistophoron with either lichexanthone or an anthraquinone. [3]
- ^ "Schistophoron aurantiacum Aptroot & Sipman". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ Aptroot, A.; Sipman, H.J.M. (2007). "A new Schistophoron (Graphidaceae) from Costa Rica". In Frisch, A.; Lange, U.; Staiger, B. (eds.). Lichenologische Nebenstunden. Contributions to Lichen Taxonomy and Ecology in Honour of Klaus Kalb. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. Vol. 96. Berlin/Stuttgart: J. Cramer in der Gebrüder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung. pp. 21–24.
- ^ Torres, Jean Marc; Spielmann, Adriano Afonso; Aptroot, André; Cardoso, Karen Fernandes; Honda, Neli Kika (2020). "The lichen genus Schistophoron Stirt. (Ascomycetes, Graphidaceae) in Brazil with a world key to the species". Cryptogamie, Mycologie. 41 (13): 211–217. doi: 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2020v41a13.
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| Schistophoron aurantiacum | |
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Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Graphidales |
| Family: | Graphidaceae |
| Genus: | Schistophoron |
| Species: | S. aurantiacum
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| Binomial name | |
| Schistophoron aurantiacum | |
Schistophoron aurantiacum is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Graphidaceae. [1] Found in Costa Rica, it was formally described as a new species in 2007 by lichenologists André Aptroot and Harrie Sipman. The type specimen was collected by the second author from Carara National Park ( Puntarenas Province), where it was found along a stream in a partly disturbed primary forest dominated by an understory of the shrub Erythrochiton gymnanthus. [2]
The lichen has an orange-tinged, white thallus with an orange-brown prothallus. Its ascomata are in the form of short lirellae with carbonised walls. Its ascospores are ellipsoid with a single septum, and measure 10–12 by 5–7 μm. Schistophoron aurantiacum contains lichexanthone, a lichen product that causes the thallus to fluoresce yellow when lit with a long-wavelength UV light. The orange colouring of the thallus results from an anthraquinone compound that has a K+ (deep violet red) chemical spot test. This species is the only one in genus Schistophoron with either lichexanthone or an anthraquinone. [3]
- ^ "Schistophoron aurantiacum Aptroot & Sipman". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ Aptroot, A.; Sipman, H.J.M. (2007). "A new Schistophoron (Graphidaceae) from Costa Rica". In Frisch, A.; Lange, U.; Staiger, B. (eds.). Lichenologische Nebenstunden. Contributions to Lichen Taxonomy and Ecology in Honour of Klaus Kalb. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. Vol. 96. Berlin/Stuttgart: J. Cramer in der Gebrüder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung. pp. 21–24.
- ^ Torres, Jean Marc; Spielmann, Adriano Afonso; Aptroot, André; Cardoso, Karen Fernandes; Honda, Neli Kika (2020). "The lichen genus Schistophoron Stirt. (Ascomycetes, Graphidaceae) in Brazil with a world key to the species". Cryptogamie, Mycologie. 41 (13): 211–217. doi: 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2020v41a13.
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