Cresponea graemeannae
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Cresponea graemeannae is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) crustose lichen in the family Opegraphaceae, described in 2020 from Tasmania, Australia. It forms very thin, patchy films on sandstone or dolerite and bears small, black, disc-like fruiting bodies with a thick, radially split margin. The species is set apart from related taxa by its almost inapparent thallus, thin greyish bloom on young fruiting body discs, a margin that reacts green in potassium hydroxide solution, an oil-dotted tissue beneath the spore layer, and thick-walled ascospores with between five and nine cross-walls.
- Family
- Opegraphaceae
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- Name
- Cresponea graemeannae
- Slug
- cresponea-graemeannae
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Family
- Opegraphaceae
- Genus
- Cresponea
- Species
- graemeannae
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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