Biology:Verrucaria hydrophila
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Short description: Species of lichen
| Verrucaria hydrophila | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Verrucariales |
| Family: | Verrucariaceae |
| Genus: | Verrucaria |
| Species: | V. hydrophila
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| Binomial name | |
| Verrucaria hydrophila Orange (2013)
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Verrucaria hydrophila is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Verrucariaceae.[1] Found in freshwater habitats in Europe, it was formally described as a new species in 2013 by lichenologist Alan Orange. The type specimen was collected by the author from Melindwr, Coed y Fron Wyllt (Bontuchel, Wales), where it was found in a woodland growing on a shaded stone in a stream. The lichen has a thin, smooth, grey-green to brownish thallus that is somewhat translucent when wet. It is widespread in Europe and the British Isles, where it grows on rocks and stones in streams and seepages; the species epithet refers to its semi-aquatic habitat.[2]
See also
- List of Verrucaria species
References
- ↑ "Verrucaria hydrophila Orange". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/5B857.
- ↑ Orange, Alan (2013). "Four new species of Verrucaria (Verrucariaceae, lichenized Ascomycota) from freshwater habitats in Europe". The Lichenologist 45 (3): 305–322. doi:10.1017/s0024282912000898.
Wikidata ☰ Q21302353 entry
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