Dictyomeridium neureuterae
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| Dictyomeridium neureuterae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Trypetheliales |
| Family: | Trypetheliaceae |
| Genus: | Dictyomeridium |
| Species: | D. neureuterae |
| Binomial name | |
| Dictyomeridium neureuterae | |
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Dictyomeridium neureuterae is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae. Found on Ōtata Island in the Noises group of islands in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand, it was formally described as a new species in 2024. The lichen has been found on the bark of Pseudopanax lessonii.
Dictyomeridium neureuterae is corticolous, and has a crustose thallus. It is whitish-green in colour while alive, which becomes pale brown when stored.[1] The species can be distinguished from other members of Dictyomeridium due to the presence of a UV- thallus, no ostiolar pigment, non-amyloid and I- ascospores in the sie range of 25–42 × 10–20 μm, asci containing eight spores and prominent ascomata.[1]
