Fissurina isohypocrellina
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| Fissurina isohypocrellina | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Graphidales |
| Family: | Graphidaceae |
| Genus: | Fissurina |
| Species: | F. isohypocrellina |
| Binomial name | |
| Fissurina isohypocrellina Aptroot (2022) | |
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Fissurina isohypocrellina is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Graphidaceae].[2] Newly described to science in 2022, it is found in the rainforests of Acre, Brazil. This species is notable within the genus Fissurina genus for the presence of isohypocrellin, a rare secondary metabolite (lichen product) that contributes to its unique wine-red apothecia (the fruiting bodies that produce spores).
André Aptroot formally described Fissurina isohypocrellina in 2022. The species name reflects the presence of isohypocrellin within its apothecia (fruiting bodies), a characteristic that sets it apart from other Fissurina species. Marcela Cáceres and Aptroot collected the type specimen from the Comunidade Cuidado in the Reserva Extrativista Cazumbá-Iracema (Acre, Brazil) at an elevation of 150 m (490 ft); there it was found growing on bark in a rainforest.[1]