Biology:Acarospora veronensis
| Acarospora veronensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Acarosporales |
| Family: | Acarosporaceae |
| Genus: | Acarospora |
| Species: | A. veronensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Acarospora veronensis A.Massal. (1852)
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Acarospora veronensis is a medium brown to dark brown or black crustose lichen that grows up to 4 cm (1.6 in) wide.[2]:221[3] It is extremely variable in its growth forms, being verruculose, rimose, areolate, or squamulose.[2]:221 It has 0.2–1.5 mm round to angular areoles which may be lobed, and may be contiguous or dispersed.[2]:221 It grows on acidic rocks, basalt, and sometimes on wood.[2]:221 It is one of the most common members of its genus in the Sonoran Desert region, common in Arizona, southern California , Baja California north and south, Sonora, to outside the region in Durango.[2]:221 Each areole bears one to many 0.1–1 mm rounded to angular apothecia that are deeply immersed in the areole,[2]:221 with a dull reddish-brown flat to convex disc.[2]:221 Cylindrical asci have 100 or more ellipsoid ascospores.[2]:221 Lichen spot tests are all negative, and it is UV-.[3] It is an indicator of undisturbed soil habitats.[3] Sometimes specimens may look like Acarospora strigata.[2]:221
References
- ↑ "Acarospora veronensis A. Massal.". Species Fungorum. CAB International. http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=375771. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN:978-0-300-19500-2
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Acarospora veronensis, Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. Vol 3., Nash, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C., Bugartz, F., (eds.) 2001, [1]
Wikidata ☰ Q10567567 entry
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