Swinscowia bispora

Swinscowia bispora is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Strigulaceae. Found in Korea, it was formally described as a new species in 2014 by lichenologists André Aptroot and Kwang-Hee Moon as a member of genus Strigula. The type specimen was collected from Mount Juwang (North Gyeongsang Province) at an altitude between 320 and 380 m (1,050 and 1,250 ft); there, it was found growing on the bark on an oak tree.[2] The taxon was transferred to the genus Swinscowia in 2020 following a molecular phylogenetics-led reorganisation of families and genera in the order Dothideomycetes.[3] The species epithet bispora rfers to the fact that each ascus contain two ascospores. The ellipsoid-shaped spores measure 117–135 by 38–48 μm; they are densely muriform, meaning they are divided into multiple chambers by both transverse and longitudinal septa.[2]

Swinscowia bispora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Strigulales
Family: Strigulaceae
Genus: Swinscowia
Species:
S. bispora
Binomial name
Swinscowia bispora
(Aptroot & K.H.Moon) S.H.Jiang, Lücking & Sérus. (2020)
Synonyms[1]
  • Strigula bispora Aptroot & K.H.Moon (2014)

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