Mazosia lueckingii

Mazosia lueckingii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Arthoniomycetes
Order:	Arthoniales
Family:	Roccellaceae
Genus:	Mazosia
Species:	M. lueckingii
Binomial name
	Mazosia lueckingii; Kr.P.Singh & Pinokiyo (2008)

Mazosia lueckingii is a species of foliicolous (leaf-dwelling) lichen in the family Roccellaceae. Found in India, it was formally described as a new species in 2008 by Krishna Pal Singh and Athokpam Pinokiyo. The type specimen was collected by the first author in the Darjeeling district (West Bengal) at an altitude of 1,200 m (3,900 ft), where it was found growing on dicotyledon leaves. The lichen has a verrucose (warty) thallus with brown, hairless verrucae, a black hypothallus, and ascospores that measure 34–45 by 4–7 μm with 4 or five septa. The specific epithet lueckingii honours German-born lichenologist Robert Lücking, who, according to the authors, "has made remarkable contributions to the taxonomy and ecology of foliicolous lichens".[1]

References

Singh, Krishna Pal; Pinokiyo, Athokpam (2008). "New taxa of foliicolous lichens from eastern India". The Lichenologist. 40 (1): 23–29. doi:10.1017/s0024282908006889. S2CID 86336921.

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[Singh_&_Pinokiyo_2008-1] Singh, Krishna Pal; Pinokiyo, Athokpam (2008). "New taxa of foliicolous lichens from eastern India". The Lichenologist. 40 (1): 23–29. doi:10.1017/s0024282908006889. S2CID 86336921.