Lobariella papillifera
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| Lobariella papillifera | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Peltigerales |
| Family: | Peltigeraceae |
| Genus: | Lobariella |
| Species: | L. papillifera |
| Binomial name | |
| Lobariella papillifera B.Moncada & Lücking (2013) | |
Lobariella papillifera is a rare species of foliose lichen in the family Peltigeraceae.[1] This leafy lichen forms tightly attached patches up to 10 centimeters across on tree trunks in Colombian montane rainforests. It is distinguished by its distinctive flattened reproductive structures that have a minutely bumpy, velvety texture when viewed under magnification.
Lobariella papillifera was described in 2013 by Bibiana Moncada and Robert Lücking from specimens collected in Colombia. Its specific epithet, papillifera, refers to the minutely bumpy (papillose) surface of the species' flattened isidia. It can be separated from the superficially similar L. subexornata by those papillose, plate-like isidia and by its chemistry: the species falls within chemosyndrome B, containing an unidentified secondary metabolite rather than gyrophoric acid.[2]