Heteroplacidium compactum
Heteroplacidium compactum is a species of areolate, crustose lichen in the family Verrucariaceae. It has a cosmopolitan distribution. It is a lichenicolous lichen, growing as a facultative parasite on other lichens, typically on non-calcareous rock. It has rod-shaped (bacilliform) conidia measuring 5–7 μm long, and ascospores that are 11–18 by 8–10 μm.[2] Heteroplacidium zamenhofianum is a closely related species distinguished by having perithecia situated in the algal layer, and smaller ascospores (14–16 by 6–7 μm) with a more narrow ellipsoid shape.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
Order: | Verrucariales |
Family: | Verrucariaceae |
Genus: | Heteroplacidium |
Species: | H. compactum |
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The lichen was originally described in 1857 by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo as Placidium compactum. After having been shuffled to various genera in its taxonomic history,[1] it was transferred to Heteroplacidium in 2008 following molecular phylogenetic analysis of that genus.[4]
References
- "Synonymy. Current Name: Heteroplacidium compactum (A. Massal.) Gueidan & Cl. Roux, Bull. Inf. Ass. Franç. Lichén. 33(1): 25 (2008)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- Prieto, María; AraGgón, Gregorio; Martínez, Isabel (2010). "The genus Catapyrenium s. lat. (Verrucariaceae) in the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands". The Lichenologist. 42 (6): 637–684. doi:10.1017/s0024282910000319.
- Roux, C. (2008). "Likenoj de Okcidenta Europo. Suplemento 4a : eltirajoj 2 (extraits 2). Korektendoj (errata)". Bulletin d'informations de l'Association française de lichénologie. 33 (1): 25.