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Mycocalicium enterographicola

Mycocalicium enterographicola is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the family Mycocaliciaceae. It is found in Brazil.

Taxonomy

The lichen was formally described as a new species in 2015 by André Aptroot and Marcela Eugenia da Silva Cáceres. The type specimen was collected by the authors from the Mata da Fazenda Cafuz (Pedrinhas, Sergipe); here, in Atlantic Rainforest biome, the lichen was growing parasitically on Enterographa cf. quassiaecola, which were themselves growing on tree trunks. It is the first lichen parasite in the genus Mycocalicium; other species in the genus are saprobic, usually growing on decaying wood.

Description

Mycocalicium enterographicola makes tiny green, turbinate (top-shaped) apothecia (measuring about 0.1 mm in diameter) that rest a top a short stalk and are covered with pruina. Asci are cylindrical, contain eight spores, and have dimensions of 30–35 by 3.0–3.5 ÃŽÂ¼m. Its ascospores are dark grey, ellipsoid in shape, and measure 7.0–8.0 by 2.0–2.5 ÃŽÂ¼m. The stalk and the head of the apothecium both contain pulvinic acid, a lichen product.

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