Ocellularia rivasplatana
Ocellularia rivasplatana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Graphidales |
Family: | Graphidaceae |
Genus: | Ocellularia |
Species: | O. rivasplatana
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Binomial name | |
Ocellularia rivasplatana |
Ocellularia rivasplatana is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Graphidaceae.[1] Found in Singapore, it was formally described as a new species in 2015 by Gothamie Weerakoon and Robert Lücking. The type specimen was collected by the first author from a low-elevation primary forest in the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. It is only known to occur at the type locality. The species epithet honours lichenologist Eimy Rivas Plata.[2]
The thallus of the lichen is light green, lacks a prothallus, and measures up to 10 cm (4 in) in diameter. The photobiont partner of the lichen is from the green algal genus Trentepohlia; their cells are yellowish-green and measure 6–10 by 5–8 μm. Although Ocellularia exigua is somewhat similar in morphology, O. rivasplatana has larger apothecia with broader pores and a black-rimmed margin, which is filled with black-topped columella.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Ocellularia rivasplatiana Weerakoon & Lücking". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 12 December 2004.
- ^ a b Weerakoon, Gothamie; Ngo, Kang Min; Lum, Shawn; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten; Lücking, Robert (2015). "On time or fashionably late for lichen discoveries in Singapore? Seven new species and nineteen new records of Graphidaceae from the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, a highly urbanized tropical environment in South-East Asia". The Lichenologist. 47 (3): 157–166. doi:10.1017/s0024282915000043. S2CID 89905602.