Biology:Acarospora strigata
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Acarosporales |
| Family: | Acarosporaceae |
| Genus: | Acarospora |
| Species: | A. strigata
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| Acarospora strigata (Nyl.) Jatta (1906)
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Acarospora strigata is an areolate to verruculous crustose lichen that grows on rock around the world, in full sun or shade, and in mesic to arid habitats.[1]:220[2] It is brown but may appear white or pale gray if it is covered in a pruina.[1]:220 The lichen is common in southwestern deserts of North America.[2]
Areoles (from tiny to 3 mm) surrounding dark reddish-brown to black apothecia (fruiting bodies) are both highly variable in shape and size, and variable in size relative to each other.[1]:220[2] Measuring 0.1–1 mm, the apothecia range in size from small dots on the areoles to almost as wide as the areole.[1]:220[3] They can be pointlike to round, polygonal to stellate radiating fissures, and one to many per areole.[2]
Areoles may be cracked on the surface, especially toward the apothecia.[1]:220
Lichen spot tests are all negative.[1]:220[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN:978-0-300-19500-2
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Acarospora strigata, Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. Vol 3, Nash, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C., Bugartz, F., (eds.) 2001, [1]
- ↑ Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. Vol 3, Nash, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C., Bugartz, F., (eds.) 2001, [2]
Wikidata ☰ Q10398817 entry
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