Caloplaca bartlettii

Caloplaca bartlettii is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Teloschistaceae.[1] It is found in Tasmania and New Zealand, where it grows on coastal rock outcrops.

Caloplaca bartlettii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Teloschistales
Family: Teloschistaceae
Genus: Caloplaca
Species:
C. bartlettii
Binomial name
Caloplaca bartlettii

Taxonomy

The lichen was formally described as a new species in 2009 by lichenologists Sergey Kondratyuk and Ingvar Kärnefelt. The type specimen was collected from Kapowairua, a locality at the eastern end of Spirits Bay (North Island), where it was found growing on coastal rocks above sea level. The species epithet honours New Zealand botanist John Bartlett, who collected the type species in 1984.[2]

Description

The crustose, areolate thallus is 3–10 mm (0.1–0.4 in) wide (although neighbouring lichens will often coalesce to form larger patches), with a greenish-yellow to whitish or greyish-yellow colour. The main identifying field characteristic of Caloplaca bartlettii are its densely aggregated, mostly biatorine apothecia. Microscopically, another characteristic of the lichen are the large bermaguina-type oil droplets in its paraphyses. Parietin is the major lichen product that occurs in the species.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Caloplaca bartlettii S.Y. Kondr. & Kärnefelt". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  2. Kondratyuk, S.Y.; Kärnefelt, I.; Elix, J.A.; Thell, A. (2009). "Contributions to the Teloschistaceae, with particular reference to the Southern Hemisphere". Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 100 (389): 207–282 [233].
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