| Aspidothelium lueckingii | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Thelenellales |
| Family: | Thelenellaceae |
| Genus: | Aspidothelium |
| Species: | A. lueckingii
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| Binomial name | |
| Aspidothelium lueckingii Flakus (2009)
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Aspidothelium lueckingii is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Thelenellaceae. [1] Found in mountainous cloud forests in Bolivia, it was formally described in 2009 by lichenologist Adam Flakus. The type specimen was collected near Incachaca village ( Chapare Province) at an elevation of 2,317 m (7,602 ft), where it was found growing on the bark of a pine tree. It is known only from the type locality. It is named in honour of German lichenologist Robert Lücking, "for his magnificent contribution to the knowledge of tropical lichens". [2]
Description
Characteristics of the lichen include its pale perithecia with seta-like appendages and large, regularly muriform ascospores. Aspidothelium lueckingii has a thin and smooth, green to greyish-green thallus with an irregular shape and an translucent, indistinct prothallus. It has a chlorococcoid photobiont partner, with green cells measuring 6–14 μm in diameter. [2]
References
- ^ "Aspidothelium lueckingii Flakus". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
- ^ a b Flakus, A. (2009). "Aspidothelium lueckingii: a new lichenized fungus from Bolivia". Nova Hedwigia. 88 (1–2): 139–143. doi: 10.1127/0029-5035/2009/0088-0139.
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