Schaereria_xerophila

<i>Schaereria xerophila</i>

Schaereria xerophila

Species of lichen

Schaereria xerophila is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Schaereriaceae.[1] Found in Australia, it was formally described as a new species in 1989 by lichenologists Gerhard Rambold and Helmut Mayrhofer. The type specimen was found growing on lowland, inland siliceous rock in Queensland,[2] but its range has been expanded to include Tasmania. It is one of five species of Schaereria to occur in Australia.[3] Some diagnostic characteristics of Schaereria xerophila include its crustose, areolate thallus, semi-immersed apothecia, and roughly spherical, non-halonate spores.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Schaereria xerophila Rambold & H. Mayrhofer". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  2. [2]
    Rambold, Gerhard (1989). A Monograph of the Saxicolous Lecideoid Lichens of Australia (excl. Tasmania). Bibliotheca Lichenologica. Vol. 34. Berlin-Stuttgart: J. Cramer. p. 313. ISBN 978-3-443-58013-1.
  3. [3]
    Kantvilas, Gintaras (2023). "The genus Schaereria Körb. in Australia". The Lichenologist. 55 (5): 297–303. doi:10.1017/s0024282923000099. S2CID 262086802.


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