Megalotremis cylindrica
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| Megalotremis cylindrica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Monoblastiales |
| Family: | Monoblastiaceae |
| Genus: | Megalotremis |
| Species: | M. cylindrica |
| Binomial name | |
| Megalotremis cylindrica | |
Megalotremis cylindrica is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Monoblastiaceae.[1] It was described as a new species in 2016 based on a specimen collected from the Sinharaja Forest Reserve in Sri Lanka. The species is characterized by its unique pycnidia and absence of ascomata.
Megalotremis cylindrica was described in 2016 by the lichenologists Gothamie Weerakoon and André Aptroot. The species is only known from its pycnidia, which are so characteristic that they warranted the description of a new species. It is closely related to the Neotropical species Megalotremis flavovulcanus, differing mainly in the shape of the pycnidia.[2]