Biology:Diploschistes scruposus
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Short description: Species of lichen
| Diploschistes scruposus | |
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| Diploschistes scruposus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Graphidales |
| Family: | Graphidaceae |
| Genus: | Diploschistes |
| Species: | D. scruposus
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| Binomial name | |
| Diploschistes scruposus (Schreb.) Norman (1852)
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Diploschistes scruposus (crater lichen) is a pale gray to white, warty to cracked (areolate) crustose lichen with black, urn-shaped (urceolate) fruiting bodies (apothecia). It is found worldwide on growing on rock (saxicolous) that is siliceous, in open areas in Mediterranean, temperate and polar areas, from the low tropics to high altitudes.[1]:265[2] It is in the family Graphidaceae. In California , it is the most common member of the Diploschistes genus. It is not covered in a powdery white coating (epruinose),[1] which distinguishes it from other members of the genus.[2]
References
Wikidata ☰ Q10508983 entry
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