Verrucaria nigrescens
Species of lichen in the family Verrucariaceae
Verrucaria nigrescens | |
---|---|
![]() | |
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]
See also
- List of Verrucaria species
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.
- v
- t
- e