| Verrucaria nigrescens | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Verrucariales |
| Family: | Verrucariaceae |
| Genus: | Verrucaria |
| Species: | V. nigrescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Verrucaria nigrescens Pers. (1795) | |
Verrucaria nigrescens is a widespread species of crustose lichen in the family Verrucariaceae. It was first formally described as a new species by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon in 1795.[1] The lichen produces a very dark brown thallus that grows on rocks; the medulla is black. There are black perithecia that resemble buried dots, and which measure 0.15–0.3 mm in diameter. Ascospores measure 14–24 by 7–11 μm.[2]
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References
- ↑ Persoon, C.H. (1795). Botanische Beobachtungen. Usteri's Annalen der Botanik (in German). Vol. 14. Leipzig: Peter Philip Wolfischen Buchhandlung. p. 36.
- ↑ Brodo, Irwin M.; Sharnoff, Sylvia Duran; Sharnoff, Stephen (2001). Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. p. 728. ISBN 978-0300082494.
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