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'''''Caloplaca aseptatospora''''' is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family [[Biology:Teloschistaceae|Teloschistaceae]].<ref name="CoL"/> Found in Australia, it was [[Biology:Species description|formally described]] as a new species in 2009 by lichenologists Sergey Kondratyuk and Ingvar Kärnefelt. The [[Biology:Type|type specimen]], collected from Coochiemudlo Island (Moreton Bay) in 1982 by Rex Filson, was found growing on the base of a sheltered tree [[Biology:Trunk (botany)|trunk]]. The [[Biology:Botanical name|species epithet]] alludes to its main diagnostic {{lichengloss|character}}–largely immature, non-[[Biology:Septum|septate]] spores. ''Caloplaca aseptatospora'' is only known to occur in a few localities in Queensland.<ref name="Kondratyuk et al. 2009"/>

==Description==
The crustose [[Biology:Thallus|thallus]] of ''Caloplaca aseptatospora'' forms patches up to {{convert|3|–|5|cm|in|abbr=on}} across, whitish-grey to dark grey in colour. The surface has numerous granular isidia and many {{lichengloss|zeorine}} or {{lichengloss|lecanorine}} apothecia, with yellowish {{lichengloss|discs}}. The apothecia measure 0.4–0.9&nbsp;mm in dimeter and are about 0.2&nbsp;mm thick. The ascospores are usually immature and lacking [[Biology:Septum|septa]]; mature spores with a septum are rare.<ref name="Kondratyuk et al. 2009"/>

Lichen products that occur in the species include fragilin as a major substance, [[Chemistry:Atranorin|atranorin]], 7-chloroparietinic acid, 7-chloroemodin as minor substance, and trace amounts of [[Chemistry:Parietin|parietin]].<ref name="Kondratyuk et al. 2009"/>

==See also==
* [[Biology:List of Caloplaca species|List of ''Caloplaca'' species]]

==References==
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<ref name="CoL">{{Catalogue of Life |id=PZR3 |title=''Caloplaca aseptatospora'' S.Y. Kondr. & Kärnefelt |access-date=12 September 2023}}</ref>

<ref name="Kondratyuk et al. 2009">{{cite journal |last1=Kondratyuk |first1=S.Y. |last2=Kärnefelt |first2=I. |last3=Elix |first3=J.A. |last4=Thell |first4=A. |year=2009 |title=Contributions to the Teloschistaceae, with particular reference to the Southern Hemisphere |journal=Bibliotheca Lichenologica |volume=100 |issue=389 |pages=207–282 [208]}}</ref>

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[[Category:Lichen species]]

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