Acarospora orcuttii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acarosporales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lecanoromycetes Subclassis: Acarosporomycetidae Ordo: Acarosporales

Familia: Acarosporaceae
Genus: Acarospora
Species: Acarospora orcuttii

Name

Acarospora orcuttii Knudsen, 2010

MycoBank No.: MB 516797

Diagnosis: Similis Acarosporae fuscescentis differt substantiis chimicis absentibus, disco dilatato, et paraphysibus 1 mm diametro.

Type: U.S.A. California: San Diego, 1883, C.R. Orcutt (holotype, FH 00197871, FH; isotype, ex Hb. C.E. Faxon, FH 00197872, FH).

Etymology: The species is named in honor of the California naturalist Charles Russell Orcutt (1864–1929).

Distribution: Only known from San Diego, California, in western North America.

Ecology: Acarospora orcuttii was collected on a fine sandy soil.

References

• Knudsen, K. (2010) Acarospora orcuttii (Acarosporaceae), a rare terricolous lichen from southern California. The Bryologist 113(4): 713–716. (DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745.113.4.713) (Black-and-white photo: p. 714, Fig. 1)