Acanthothecis norstictica

Acanthothecis norstictica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Graphidales
Family: Graphidaceae
Genus: Acanthothecis
Species:
A. norstictica
Binomial name
Acanthothecis norstictica
Aptroot, Lücking & M.Cáceres (2022)

Acanthothecis norstictica is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Graphidaceae. Found in Brazil, it was formally described as a new species in 2022 by André Aptroot, Robert Lücking, and Marcela Eugenia da Silva Cáceres. The type specimen was collected from a farm near Itaguatins (Tocantins), where it was found growing on tree bark in cerrado. The lichen contains norstictic acid, the presence of which is referred to in the specific epithet norstictica.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Feuerstein, Shirley Cunha; Aptroot, André; da Silveira, Rosa Mara Borges; Lücking, Robert; Cáceres, Marcela Eugenia da Silva (2022). "An updated world key to the species of Acanthothecis s. lat. (Ascomycota: Graphidaceae), with ten new species from Brazil". The Lichenologist. 54 (2): 87–99. doi:10.1017/s0024282922000019. S2CID 247795096.