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Phylloblastia bielczykiae

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Phylloblastia bielczykiae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Verrucariales
Family: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Phylloblastia
Species:
P. bielczykiae
Binomial name
Phylloblastia bielczykiae
Flakus & Lücking (2008)

Phylloblastia bielczykiae is a species of foliicolous (leaf-dwelling) lichen in the family Verrucariaceae. Found in Bolivia, it was formally described as a new species in 2008 by lichenologists Adam Flakus and Robert Lücking. The type specimen was collected near lake Copaiba (José Ballivián Province, Beni Department); there, in an isolated island of lowland Amazon rainforest along a savanna, it was found growing on the leaves of a vascular plant.[1] It is only known from the type locality.[2] The species epithet honours the Polish lichenologist Urszula Bielczyk.[1]

The lichen has an indistinct, crustose thallus with a mealy (farinose) to grainy (granulose) texture, and a pale yellowish-green to olivaceous colour. It is somewhat similar to Phylloblastia inconspicua, but has smaller ascospores (typically measuring 3–9 by 40–55 μm).[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Flakus, Adam; Lücking, Robert (2008). "New species and additional records of foliicolous lichenized fungi from Bolivia". The Lichenologist. 40 (5): 423–436. doi:10.1017/s0024282908007378.
  2. ^ Flakus, Adam (2013). "Foliicolous lichenized fungi of lowland Amazon forests in Pando, Bolivia". Polish Botanical Journal. 58 (2): 539–554. doi:10.2478/pbj-2013-0063.