Malmidea attenboroughii
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| Malmidea attenboroughii | |
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| Holotype specimen, showing apothecia with a distinct verrucose (warty) margin; scale bar is 0.5 mm | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Malmideaceae |
| Genus: | Malmidea |
| Species: | M. attenboroughii |
| Binomial name | |
| Malmidea attenboroughii Kukwa, Guzow-Krzemińska, Kosecka, Jabłońska & Flakus (2019) | |
Malmidea attenboroughii is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Malmideaceae. It is known to occur from a single location in the Amazon rainforest of Bolivia.
The lichen was formally described in 2019 by Martin Kukwa, Beata Guzow-Krzemińska, Magdalena Kosecka, Agnieska Jabłońska, and Adam Flakus. The type specimen was collected from the Jardín Botánico La Paz in the Higher University of San Andrés (Abel Iturralde, La Paz) at an elevation of 400 m (1,300 ft). It is only known to occur at the type locality, where the habitat is pre-Andean Amazon rainforest. The species epithet honours English broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough, "for his major contributions to the popularization of knowledge about biodiversity and nature protection".[1]