Abrothallus canariensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Dothideomycetes |
Order: | Abrothallales |
Family: | Abrothallaceae |
Genus: | Abrothallus |
Species: | A. canariensis
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Binomial name | |
Abrothallus canariensis Pérez-Ortega, van den Boom &
Suija (2015)
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Abrothallus canariensis is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the family Abrothallaceae. [1] Found in the Canary Islands, it was formally described as a new species in 2015 by Sergio Pérez-Ortega, Pieter van den Boom, and Ave Suija. The type specimen was collected from Chinobre ( Santa Cruz de Tenerife), where it was found on a Pseudocyphellaria aurata lichen that itself was growing on a species of Erica. The species epithet refers to the area of its type locality. The fungus is similar to Abrothallus secedens, but unlike that species, has four-spored asci, and larger ascospores that measure 16–25 by 6–9.5 μm. [2]