Acarospora piedmontensis

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Acarosporales 

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

Familia: Acarosporaceae
Genus: Acarospora
Species: Acarospora piedmontensis

Name

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Acarospora piedmontensis K. Knudsen, 2011


MycoBank: MB 561535

Type: U.S.A. SOUTH CAROLINA. LANCASTER CO.: Forty Acre Rock, ca. 2 mi W of Taxahaw off Co. Rd. 27 at end of Conservancy Road, 34°41'N, 80°31'W, 165 m, 15.iii.1997, on granitic flatrock, W.R. Buck 31607 (NY!, holotype).

Etymology: The name refers to the ancient eastern North American Piedmont that occurs between the Appalachian Mountains and the Coastal Plain.

References

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  • Knudsen, K; Lendemer, J.C. and Harris, R.C. (2011) Studies in lichens and lichenicolous fungi – no 15: miscellaneous notes on species from eastern North America. Opuscula Philolichenum 9: 45–75. (PDF document) (Discussion of Acarospora piedmontensis: pp. 55-57; color photos: p. 56, Fig. 5A-F)

Vernacular names

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