Pyrenula luteopruinosa
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| Pyrenula luteopruinosa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Pyrenulales |
| Family: | Pyrenulaceae |
| Genus: | Pyrenula |
| Species: | P. luteopruinosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrenula luteopruinosa Etayo & Aptroot (2003) | |
Pyrenula luteopruinosa is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Pyrenulaceae. It has a neotropical distribution, occurring in Panama, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii.[1]
Formally described as a new species in 2003 by lichenologists Javiar Etayo and André Aptroot, the species epithet luteopruinosa refers to the characteristic yellow pruina on its perithecia. The type specimen was collected near a frog trail (genus Dendrobates) in Bahía Honda, Veraguas; in this habitat in lowland rainforest on the Pacific coast of Panama, the lichen was found growing on the smooth bark of a tree.[2]