Biology:Verrucaria serpuloides

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Short description: Species of lichen found in Antarctica

Verrucaria serpuloides
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Verrucariales
Family: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Verrucaria
Species:
V. serpuloides
Binomial name
Verrucaria serpuloides
I.M.Lamb (1948)

Verrucaria serpuloides is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen belonging to the family Verrucariaceae. It is native to the Antarctic Peninsula. It is one of only two permanently submerged species of lichen, the other being Hydrothyria venosa, and the only one found permanently submerged in a marine environment.[1] Collections of the species were first made in 1944 by Elke Mackenzie.[2]

The species has been discovered living up to 10 m (33 ft) below mean high tide. It creates jet-black patches on the base of submerged rocks. It uses green algae as a symbiont.[2]

See also

  • List of Verrucaria species

References

  1. Ahmadjian, V. (1 March 1995). "Lichens are more important than you think". BioScience 45 (3): 1. doi:10.1093/bioscience/45.3.124. https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article-abstract/45/3/124/252273?redirectedFrom=PDF. Retrieved 14 September 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Lamb, I. Mackenzie (1973). "Further observations on Verrucaria serpuloides M. Lamb, the only known permanently submerged marine lichen". Occasional Papers of the Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany (6): 1–5. ISSN 0090-8754. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q49617582 entry