Fissurina aggregatula
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| Fissurina aggregatula | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Graphidales |
| Family: | Graphidaceae |
| Genus: | Fissurina |
| Species: | F. aggregatula |
| Binomial name | |
| Fissurina aggregatula Common & Lücking (2011) | |
Fissurina aggregatula is a lichen that forms a thin, crust-like growth on bark and belongs to the family Graphidaceae.[1] It was first described from Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park in southwestern Florida. There, it forms small clusters of short lirellae (slit-like fruiting structures), and standard chemical tests (thin-layer chromatography) did not detect any lichen substances.
The species was described as new in 2011 by Ralph Common and Robert Lücking, based on specimens collected in Collier County, Florida. The holotype (the single specimen designated as the name-bearing type; Common 7356A) was gathered in April 1997 along the K2 trail in a second-growth area among royal palms. It is housed in the herbarium of the Michigan State University Museum (MSC). The epithet aggregatula refers to the tightly clustered arrangement of the lirellae on the thallus surface.[2]
