Diploschistes diacapsis
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Diploschistes diacapsis is a ground-dwelling crustose lichen in the family Graphidaceae. It forms a thick, pale grey to greyish-white crust that cracks into small patches. Its fruiting bodies (apothecia) are sunken and often dusted with a powdery coating, and it produces brown, muriform (multichambered) ascospores. The lichen body (thallus) contains lecanoric and diploschistesic acids. The species typically grows in arid and semi-arid regions on calcium-rich or gypsum soils, where it can form extensive pale carpets within biological soil crusts. It is distinguished from similar soil-dwelling species by its thick, heavily pruinose thallus, eight-spored asci, and distinctive chemistry.
- Family
- Graphidaceae
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- Name
- Diploschistes diacapsis
- Slug
- diploschistes-diacapsis
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Family
- Graphidaceae
- Genus
- Diploschistes
- Species
- diacapsis
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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