Fissurina platythecioides
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| Fissurina platythecioides | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Graphidales |
| Family: | Graphidaceae |
| Genus: | Fissurina |
| Species: | F. platythecioides |
| Binomial name | |
| Fissurina platythecioides Rivas Plata & Lücking (2012) | |
Fissurina platythecioides is a species of bark-dwelling, crustose lichen-forming fungus in the family Graphidaceae.[1] It is a light green lichen with straight to curved, slit-like fruiting bodies that expose a pale orange-brown disc, known only from lowland tropical rainforest in Madre de Dios, Peru. The species was described in 2012 and is named for its resemblance to species of Platythecium.
Fissurina platythecioides was described as a new species by Eimy Rivas Plata and Robert Lücking in 2012 from material collected at Los Amigos Research and Training Center (CICRA) in Madre de Dios, Peru. It was introduced in the context of a survey of Graphidaceae at this Amazonian lowland rainforest site. The specific epithet platythecioides alludes to its similarity with some species of Platythecium.[2]