Dirina madagascariensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Arthoniomycetes
Order: Arthoniales
Family: Roccellaceae
Genus: Dirina
Species:
D. madagascariensis
Binomial name
Dirina madagascariensis
Tehler, Ertz, Killmann, Razafindr., Sérus. & Eb.Fisch. (2013)

Dirina madagascariensis is a species of crustose lichen in the family Roccellaceae.[1] Found in southern Madagascar, it was formally described as a new species in 2013 by lichenologists Anders Tehler, Damien Ertz, Dorothee Killmann, Tahina Razafindrahaja, Emmanuël Sérusiaux, and Eberhard Fischer. The type specimen was collected by the second author from Taolagnaro (Fort-Dauphin). It has been recorded growing both on rocks (usually calciferous) and on the bark of various trees and shrubs. The lichen has a creamy white to white-greyish thallus (0.1–1.5 mm thick) with a chalk-like medulla. Its ascospores measure 25–35 by 4–5 μm. D. madagascariensis contains the lichen products erythrin, lecanoric acid, and the unidentified substances named "C" and "J"; it is this latter substance that is characteristic of this species.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Dirina madagascariensis Tehler, Ertz, Killmann, Razafindr., Sérus. & Eb. Fisch". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  2. ↑ Tehler, Anders; Ertz, Damien; Irestedt, Martin (2013). "The genus Dirina (Roccellaceae, Arthoniales) revisited". The Lichenologist. 45 (4): 427–476. doi:10.1017/s0024282913000121. S2CID 85670716.


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