Verrucaria takagoensis
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Verrucaria takagoensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
Order: | Verrucariales |
Family: | Verrucariaceae |
Genus: | Verrucaria |
Species: | V. takagoensis
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Binomial name | |
Verrucaria takagoensis H.Harada (2001)
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Verrucaria takagoensis is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Verrucariaceae. Found in semi-freshwater habitats in Chiba Prefecture, central Japan, it was formally described as a new species in 2001 by lichenologist Hiroshi Harada. The lichen has almost spherical, exposed black perithecia measuring 0.1–0.2 mm in diameter, with brownish-black perithecial walls, and lacking a distinct involucrellum. The periphyses are 5–10 μm long with pointed apices, while its ascospores measure 6–8 by 4–5 μm. Verrucaria takagoensis has a translucent or almost transparent (semipellucid) brownish, thin thallus.[1]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Harada, H. (2001). "Taxonomic notes on the lichen family Verrucariaceae in Japan (XIII). Verrucaria kiyosumiensis sp. nov. and V. takagoensis sp. nov. from Chiba". Hikobia. 13 (3): 405–409.