Acarospora contigua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Acarosporales
Family: Acarosporaceae
Genus: Acarospora
Species:
A. contigua
Binomial name
Acarospora contigua
H.Magn. (1929)

Acarospora contigua is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Acarosporaceae.[1] It was formally described as a new species in 1929 by Swedish lichenologist Adolf Hugo Magnusson.[2] The dark yellow thallus has a continuous smooth crust comprising areoles that are 1–2.5 mm in diameter. In North America, it is known as the gold cobblestone lichen.[3] The lichen was reported from the Eastern Ghats India in 2021, where it occurs in tropical conditions at elevations between 500 and 1,000 m (1,600 and 3,300 ft).[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Acarospora contigua H. Magn". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  2. ↑ Magnusson, A.H. (1929). "The yellow species of Acarospora in North America". Mycologia. 21 (5): 249–260 [256].
  3. ↑ Brodo, Irwin M.; Sharnoff, Sylvia Duran; Sharnoff, Stephen (2001). Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. p. 146. ISBN 978-0300082494.
  4. ↑ Mohabe, S.; Pandava, G.B.A.; Reddy, A. (2021). "Acarospora contigua (Acarosporaceae, Ascomycetes), a lichenized fungus new to India". Cryptogam Biodiversity and Assessment. 5 (1): 1–5. doi:10.21756/cab.v5i1.1.


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