Diorygma salvadoriense
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| Diorygma salvadoriense | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Graphidales |
| Family: | Graphidaceae |
| Genus: | Diorygma |
| Species: | D. salvadoriense |
| Binomial name | |
| Diorygma salvadoriense | |
Diorygma salvadoriense is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) crustose lichen in the family Graphidaceae.[1] Found in El Salvador, it was described as new to science in 2004 by the lichenologists Klaus Kalb, Bettina Staiger, and John A. Elix. The lichen forms a whitish to grey to greenish-grey thallus with a rough and matt surface that often overgrows adjacent lichens and mosses. It contains norstictic and salazinic acid as major secondary metabolites (lichen products).[2]
