Neocatapyrenium disparatum

Neocatapyrenium disparatum is a species of squamulose lichen in the family Verrucariaceae. Found in the United States, the lichen was described as a new species in 2005 by Othmar Breuss. It is the only member of genus Neocatapyrenium that occurs outside of Eurasia. The type specimen was collected by Clifford Wetmore in a rocky valley in Big Bend National Park, Texas, at an elevation of 6,300 ft (1,900 m); here the lichen was discovered growing on moss over soil. It is only known to occur at the type locality. The specific epithet disparatum, meaning "separated", alludes to its similarity with and separation from the lookalike species Neocatapyrenium cladonioideum.[1]

Neocatapyrenium disparatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Verrucariales
Family: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Neocatapyrenium
Species:
N. disparatum
Binomial name
Neocatapyrenium disparatum
Breuss (2005)

References

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  1. ^ Breuss, Othmar (2005). "A new species of the lichen genus Neocatapyrenium (Verrucariaceae) from North America". The Bryologist. 108 (4): 537–539. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2005)108[0537:ANSOTL]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 20061144.