Biology:Myriotrema subanamaliense

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Short description: Species of lichen

Myriotrema subanamaliense
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Graphidales
Family: Graphidaceae
Genus: Myriotrema
Species:
M. subanamaliense
Binomial name
Myriotrema subanamaliense
Homchant. & Coppins (2002)

Myriotrema subanamaliense is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Graphidaceae. Found in Thailand, it was formally described as a new species in 2002 by lichenologists Natsurang Homchantara and Brian J. Coppins. The type specimen was collected in Namtok Phlio National Park (Chanthaburi Province) on a trail beside Phlio fall. Its distribution in Thailand includes lowland rainforests at elevations between 50 and 80 m (160 and 260 ft), and dry dipterocarp forests at elevations around 600 m (2,000 ft).[1]

Myriotrema subanamaliense has a shiny and smooth, greenish-grey thallus with a dense cortex and a white medulla. It has numerous individual round-pored apothecia, which are immersed in the medulla. The lichen contains constictic and stictic acids, which are secondary chemicals. The specific epithet refers to its resemblance to Myriotrema anamaliense, a lookalike with much larger ascospores.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Homchantara, N.; Coppins, B.J. (2002). "New species of the lichen family Theotremataceae in SE Asia". The Lichenologist 34 (2): 113–140. doi:10.1006/lich.2002.0382. 

Wikidata ☰ Q21312549 entry