Acarospora brodoana
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| Acarospora brodoana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Acarosporales |
| Family: | Acarosporaceae |
| Genus: | Acarospora |
| Species: | A. brodoana |
| Binomial name | |
| Acarospora brodoana K.Knudsen, Kocourk. & M.Westb. (2016) | |
Acarospora brodoana is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) crustose lichen in the family Acarosporaceae.[1] It was described as a new species in 2016 from specimens collected in the San Bernardino Mountains in southern California. The type specimen was collected on granite from a steep terraced slope above the cirque near Dollar Lake. The species epithet honors the lichenologist Irwin M. Brodo. The lichen is distinguished from similar species by the combination of a blackened upper ascospore-bearing surface (carbonized epihymenium) and a black tissue layer beneath the spore-bearing region (hypothecium).[2]
