Dermatocarpon atrogranulosum
Dermatocarpon atrogranulosum, commonly known as the charred stippleback, is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) lichen in the family Verrucariaceae. It is found in a few locations in British Columbia, Canada, where it grows on limestone outcrops. It was formally described as a new species in 2003 by Austrian lichenologist Othmar Breuss.[1] It is one of 24 Dermatocarpon species known to occur in northern North America.[2]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
Order: | Verrucariales |
Family: | Verrucariaceae |
Genus: | Dermatocarpon |
Species: | D. atrogranulosum |
Binomial name | |
Dermatocarpon atrogranulosum Breuss (2003) | |
References
- Breuss, O. (2003). "Eine neue Dermatocarpon-Art (lichenisierte Ascomyceten, Verrucariales) aus Kanada". Bibliotheca Lichenologica (in German). 86: 99–102.
- Esslinger, Theodore L. (2021). "A Cumulative Checklist for the Lichen-Forming, Lichenicolous and Allied Fungi of the Continental United States and Canada, Version 24" (PDF). Opuscula Philolichenum. 20: 100–394 [170].
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