Sporodophoron americanum

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Home Fungi ascomycota arthoniomycetes arthoniales arthoniaceae sporodophoron Sporodophoron americanum

(Lendemer, E.A. Tripp & R.C. Harris) Ertz & Frisch

2015

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Sporodophoron americanum is a rare species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Arthoniaceae. Found in northeastern North America, it was formally described as a new species in 2013 by the lichenologists James Lendemer, Erin Tripp, and Richard C.Harris. Damien Ertz and Andreas Frisch transferred it to Sporodophoron in 2015. The main morphological characteristics of the lichen include its blue-grey thallus, Trentepohlia algal photobiont partner, and white sporodochia. It has been assessed as an endangered species for the IUCN Red List....read more on Wikipedia.

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