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Bacidia heterochroa
Scientific Name: Bacidia heterochroa
Family: Bacidiaceae
Category: Lichen
Growth: Lichenous
Duration:
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Bacidia heterochroa
Bacidia heterochroa is a lichen species with no common name mentioned in the provided text.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Bacidia heterochroa (Müll. Arg.) Zahlbr.
- Family: Ramalinaceae, Bacidiaceae, Lichenes
- Order: Lecanorales
- Class: Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycetes, Lecanoromycetes
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Ascomycota
- Domain: Eukaryota
- Synonyms: Patellaria heterochroa Müll.Arg.
Distribution and Habitat
- Originally described from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Found in the Greater Sonoran Desert.
- Reported as new to India (Sikkim).
- Collected in Ecuador.
- Found on the bark of Prunus subhirtella and Carya saplings.
- Observed on Juniperus virginiana twigs in Mutton Hunk Fen State Natural Preserve, VA.
- Also found on Umbellularia trunks.
Morphological Characteristics
- Forms bulbil structures (asexual propagules).
- Corticolous (growing on bark).
Genetic and Cytological Information
- Specific gene sequences are available: nu-ssu (DQ915462) and nu-lsu (DQ915472)
Interactions with Other Organisms
- Found alongside companion plants (unspecified in text)
- May co-occur with Marchandiomyces corallinus.
Resources and Further Information
- Greater Sonoran Desert Lichen Flora (Nash, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C., Bungartz, F., eds. 2001).
- Discover Life's page on Bacidia heterochroa.
- New York Botanical Garden lichen herbarium: http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/SteereHerbarium.asp
- CNALH (Consortium of North American Lichen Herbaria)