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Cresponea leprieurii
Scientific Name: Cresponea leprieurii
Family: Opegraphaceae
Category: Lichen
Growth: Lichenous
Duration:
Other Names:
Cresponea leprieurii
Cresponea leprieurii is a species of lichen-forming fungi. No common name was recorded in the provided text.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Cresponea leprieurii (Mont.) Egea & Torrente
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Phylum: Ascomycota
- Class: Ascomycetes (sac fungi), Arthoniomycetes
- Order: Opegraphales
- Family: Roccellaceae, Opegraphaceae
- Rank: Species
- Synonyms: Species were formerly classified in Lecanactis and Sporopodium.
Distribution and Habitat
- Reported from the Netherlands Antilles (Sint Eustatius), Hong Kong, Australia (Queensland), Papua New Guinea, and Chiang Mai Province (Doi Suthep-Pui N.P.) in Thailand.
- Also found in Tai Tam and Cape d'Aguilar.
Morphological Characteristics
- Appears to have a costose or crustose structure associated with apothecia.
Related Species
- Other species within the Cresponea genus include: Cresponea flava, Cresponea premnea, Cresponea chloroconia, Cresponea proximata, Cresponea follmannii, Cresponea melanocheloides, and Cresponea apiculata.
Associations
- Sometimes found growing alongside lichens such as Coenogonium leprieurii.
Further Information
- Information can be found on the Encyclopedia of Life and Discover Life.
- Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein & M. Celis (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de.