Biology:Trapelia coarctata

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Short description: Species of lichen

Trapelia coarctata

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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Baeomycetales
Family: Trapeliaceae
Genus: Trapelia
Species:
T. coarctata
Binomial name
Trapelia coarctata
(Turner) M.Choisy[2][3]

Trapelia coarctata is a lichenised fungus in the family Trapeliaceae.[2]

It was first described as Lichen coarctatus in 1799 by Dawson Turner in Smith & Sowerby's, English Botany.,[2][4] and transferred to the genus Trapelia by Maurice Choisy in 1932.[2][3]

It has been found in mallee woodland dry sclerophyll forest, on soil and rocks,[5] in Western Australia, and on Kangaroo Island in South Australia.[5][6] It has a continuous grey thallus, containing gyrophoric acid, and is a first coloniser after fire.[5] It was among the first lichen species to be found on Surtsey island after its inception from the sea.[7]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3538032 entry