Sarcogyne parviascifera
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| Sarcogyne parviascifera | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Acarosporales |
| Family: | Acarosporaceae |
| Genus: | Sarcogyne |
| Species: | S. parviascifera |
| Binomial name | |
| Sarcogyne parviascifera Jiao H.Wang & J.C.Wei (2016) | |
 Type locality: Zhifanggou, China | |
Sarcogyne parviascifera is a species of rock-dwelling, crustose lichen-forming fungus in the family Acarosporaceae.[1] Found in China, it was formally described as a new species in 2016. The lichen is endolithic, growing embedded within rock rather than on its surface, with only its small, black fruiting bodies visible at the surface. It is named for its unusually small asci (spore-bearing structures), which help distinguish it from the otherwise similar Sarcogyne regularis.
Sarcogyne parviascifera is a saxicolous, lichen-forming fungus in the genus Sarcogyne (Acarosporaceae, Ascomycota). It was described as new to science in 2016 from north-western China, based on a collection made in Shaanxi Province. The authors treated it as distinct on the basis of a combined morphological and DNA-based assessment. In their diagnosis, the authors compared the new species most directly with Sarcogyne regularis, which has similar black, pruinose fruiting bodies (apothecia), but differs in having larger asci and typically more spores per ascus. Internal transcribed spacer sequence data (neighbour-joining analysis) placed it in a different clade (evolutionary line) from S. regularis, supporting its recognition as a separate species. The specific epithet parviascifera refers to the characteristically small asci (from Latin elements meaning "bearing small asci").[2]