Acarospora thelococcoides

Acarospora thelococcoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Acarosporales
Family:	Acarosporaceae
Genus:	Acarospora
Species:	A. thelococcoides
Binomial name
	Acarospora thelococcoides;

Acarospora thelococcoides is a pruinose (dusty whitish) verruculose (warty) crustose lichen that grows in patches up to 10 cm across that grows on soil (terricolous), especially soils made from decomposed granite.^[1]^[1]^: 220^[2] It grows from San Benito, California to Baja California, and inland to 930 metres (3,050 ft).^[2] Each roundish areole becomes more pruinose toward the top with has a single round apothecium (or none)^{[citation needed]} that is immersed with a dark brown disc, so as to appear like a collection of white rings.^[2] This appearance gives it the common name, soil eyes lichen.^[1]^: 220

The asci are saccate, with variable numbers of globose ascospores.^[2] Lichen spot tests are all negative, and it is UV-.^[2] It is an indicator of undisturbed soil habitats.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Acarospora thelococcoides, Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. Vol 3., Nash, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C., Bugartz, F., (eds.) 2001, [1]

[SSFGCL-1] Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2

[ATLFGSDR-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Acarospora thelococcoides, Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. Vol 3., Nash, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C., Bugartz, F., (eds.) 2001, [1]

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