Ocellularia neoperforata

Ocellularia neoperforata is a rare species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Graphidaceae. Found in Malaysia, it was formally described as a new species in 2002 by lichenologists Natsurang Homchantara and Brian J. Coppins. The type specimen was collected by the second author from Gunung Mulu National Park (Sarawak) at an elevation of about 100 m (330 ft); here, it was found in a heath forest growing on a young tree. It is only known from the type collection at the type locality. The lichen has a shiny and smooth, greenish-grey thallus with a dense cortex and a white medulla. Its ascospores are trans-septate, narrowly ellipsoid, and measure 11–15 μm long. It contains fumarprotocetraric acid, a secondary compound. Ocellularia perforata is a lookalike species after which O. neoperforata is named. In contrast to the latter lichen, it has larger ascospores, less emergent apothecia, and contains protocetraric acid.[1]

Ocellularia neoperforata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Graphidales
Family: Graphidaceae
Genus: Ocellularia
Species:
O. neoperforata
Binomial name
Ocellularia neoperforata

References
  1. Homchantara, N.; Coppins, B.J. (2002). "New species of the lichen family Theotremataceae in SE Asia". The Lichenologist. 34 (2): 113–140. doi:10.1006/lich.2002.0382. S2CID 85429979.


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