Pyrenula leucostoma
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Pyrenulales |
| Family: | Pyrenulaceae |
| Genus: | Pyrenula |
| Species: | P. leucostoma
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| Pyrenula leucostoma | |
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Synonymy
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Pyrenula leucostoma is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Pyrenulaceae.
Description
[edit]Pyrenula leucostoma is a crustose lichen that has a grey-brown and brown to olive green thallus, and subglobose black ascomata which measure 0.5–1.5 mm (0.020–0.059 in) in diameter.[2][3]
Taxonomy
[edit]The lichen was formally described as a new species by Swedish botanist Erik Acharius in 1814.[1][4]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]The species is pantropical, found in areas incuding Southeastern North America, the Caribbean and Australia, in eastern Queensland, New South Wales and on Norfolk Island.[3][5] It was first recognised as being present in New Zealand in 2015.[2] The species is often found in open, coastal habitats and shaded forests, found on the bark of hardwood trees.[3][5]
Gallery
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Pyrenula pyrenuloides". MYCOBANK Database. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ^ a b Marshall, Andrew J.; Blanchon, Dan J.; Aptroot, André; de Lange, Peter J. (16 September 2019). "Five new records of Pyrenula (Pyrenulaceae) for New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 58 (1): 48–61. doi:10.1080/0028825X.2019.1662816. ISSN 0028-825X. Wikidata Q134497505.
- ^ a b c "Pyrenula leucostoma Ach". Consortium of Lichen Herbaria. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ^ Acharius, E. (1814). "Monographie der Lichenen-Gattung Pyrenula mit Abbildungen aller bisher bekannten Arten". Magazin der Gesellschaft Naturforschenden Freunde Berlin (in German). 6 (1): 3–25.
- ^ a b "Pyrenula pyrenuloides (Mont.) R.C.Harris". Checklist of the Lichens of Australia and its Island Territories. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
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