Biology:Cliostomum spribillei
| Cliostomum spribillei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Ramalinaceae |
| Genus: | Cliostomum |
| Species: | C. spribillei
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| Binomial name | |
| Cliostomum spribillei Goward & Tønsberg (2016)
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Cliostomum spribillei is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) crustose lichen in the family Ramalinaceae. It is found in the American Pacific Northwest and western Canada, where it grows on coniferous trees in old-growth forests. The lichen was formally described as a new species in 2016 by Trevor Goward and Tor Tønsberg. The type specimen was collected by the first author near the headwaters of Grouse Creek at an altitude of 1,750 m (5,740 ft), where it was found growing on the branches and trunks of Abies lasiocarpa in an old-growth forest. The species epithet spribillei honors lichenologist Toby Spribille "for his many significant contributions to our knowledge of northwest North American lichens".[1]
The main characteristics of Cliostomum spribillei that distinguish it from others in genus Cliostomum are its yellowish-green, granular-sorediate thallus, and the presence of usnic acid as its sole lichen product. Its thallus forms irregular crust-like patches up to 7 cm (2.8 in) in diameter.[2]
References
- ↑ "Cliostomum spribillei Goward & Tønsberg". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/W7NW.
- ↑ Tønsberg, Tor; Goward, Trevor (2016). "Cliostomum spribillei (Ramalinaceae, lichenized Ascomycetes), a new species from western North America". North American Fungi 11 (5): 1–7. doi:10.2509/naf2016.011.005.
Wikidata ☰ Q38712756 entry
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