Acarospora strigata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Acarosporales |
Family: | Acarosporaceae |
Genus: | Acarospora |
Species: | A. strigata
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Binomial name | |
Acarospora strigata | |
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Acarospora strigata is an areolate to verruculous crustose lichen that grows on rock around the world, in full sun or shade, and in mesic to arid habitats. [1]: 220 [2] It is brown but may appear white or pale gray if it is covered in a pruina. [1]: 220 The lichen is common in southwestern deserts of North America. [2]
Areoles (from tiny to 3 mm) surrounding dark reddish-brown to black apothecia (fruiting bodies) are both highly variable in shape and size, and variable in size relative to each other. [1]: 220 [2] Measuring 0.1–1 mm, the apothecia range in size from small dots on the areoles to almost as wide as the areole. [1]: 220 [3] They can be pointlike to round, polygonal to stellate radiating fissures, and one to many per areole. [2]
Areoles may be cracked on the surface, especially toward the apothecia. [1]: 220
Lichen spot tests are all negative. [1]: 220 [2]