Acarospora brodoana
| Acarospora brodoana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Acarosporales |
| Family: | Acarosporaceae |
| Genus: | Acarospora |
| Species: | A. brodoana
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| Binomial name | |
| Acarospora brodoana K.Knudsen, Kocourk. & M.Westb. (2016)
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Acarospora brodoana is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) crustose lichen in the family Acarosporaceae.[1] It was described as a new species in 2016 from specimens collected in the San Bernardino Mountains in southern California. The type specimen was collected on granite from a steep terraced slope above the cirque near Dollar Lake. The species epithet honors the lichenologist Irwin M. Brodo. The lichen is distinguished from similar species by the combination of a blackened upper ascospore-bearing surface (carbonized epihymenium) and a black tissue layer beneath the spore-bearing region (hypothecium).[2]
References
- ^ "Acarospora brodoana K. Knudsen, Kocourk. & M. Westb". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved February 24, 2026.
- ^ Knudsen, Kerry; Kocourková, Jana; Westberg, Martin; Wheeler, Tim (2016). "Two new species of Acarosporaceae from North America with carbonized epihymenial accretions". The Lichenologist. 48 (5): 347–354. doi:10.1017/S0024282916000256.