Gibbosporina sphaerospora

Gibbosporina sphaerospora is a species of foliose lichen in the family Pannariaceae. It was described as a new species in 2016 by Arve Elvebakk and Soon Gyu Hong. The type was collected from Millaa Millaa Falls in Queensland, Australia, where it was found growing on fallen branches in a remnant rainforest near the falls. The specific epithet sphaerospora, which combines the Greek sphaero ("globose") with spora, refers to the spherical shape of the spores.[1] The lichen occurs in Australia, Fiji, and Papua New Guinea.[2]

Gibbosporina sphaerospora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Peltigerales
Family: Pannariaceae
Genus: Gibbosporina
Species:
G. sphaerospora
Binomial name
Gibbosporina sphaerospora
Elvebakk & S.G.Hong (2016)

References

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  1. ^ Elvebakk, Arve; Hong, Soon Gyu; Park, Chae Haeng; Robertson, Eli Helene; Jørgensen, Per Magnus (2016). "Gibbosporina, a new genus for foliose and tripartite, Palaeotropic Pannariaceae species previously assigned to Psoroma". The Lichenologist. 48 (1): 13–52. doi:10.1017/S0024282915000328.
  2. ^ Elvebakk, Arve; Sipman, Harrie J.M. (2020). "Gibbosporina revisited: new records from Fiji, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and Queensland, with one species from the Solomon Islands transferred to Pannaria". Australasian Lichenology. 87: 52–57.