Wetmoreana intensa
| Wetmoreana intensa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Teloschistales |
| Family: | Teloschistaceae |
| Genus: | Fulgogasparrea |
| Species: | F. intensa
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| Binomial name | |
| Fulgogasparrea intensa Aptroot & M.Cáceres (2021)
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Fulgogasparrea intensa is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Teloschistaceae.[1] It is found in the Caatinga biome in Sergipe, Northeast Brazil.
Taxonomy
Fulgogasparrea intensa was scientifically described as a new species in 2021 by lichenologists André Aptroot and Marcela Cáceres. The type specimen was collected by the authors in the Trilha Cangaço Eco Parque in Poço Redondo, where it was found growing on exposed granite bedrock.[2]
Description
The lichen is characterised by its cinnabar red, appressed thallus made an angular areoles that transition to lobes that are elongated at the margins. The thalli are up to 5 cm (2 in) in diameter and up to 0.2 mm thick. Neither apothecia nor pycnidia (structures for sexual and asexual reproduction, respectively) were observed in the type. Thin-layer chromatography analysis of the lichen thallus showed the presence of an anthraquinone substance.[2]
Fulgogasparrea intensa is phylogenetically close to F. brouardii, buts differs "markedly" from that species in terms of morphology.[2]
References
- ^ "Fulgogasparrea intensa Aptroot & M. Cáceres". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ a b c Aptroot, André; dos Santos, Lidiane Alves; da Silva Cáceres, Marcela Eugenia (2021). "Saxicolous lichens in the semi-arid Caatinga in Brazil show substratum shifts". Cryptogamie, Mycologie. 42 (11): 181–189. doi:10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2021v42a11.