Bellemerea elegans

Species of lichen

Bellemerea elegans

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Fungi
Division:  | Ascomycota
Class:  | Lecanoromycetes
Order:  | Lecideales
Family:  | Lecideaceae
Genus:  | Bellemerea
Species:  |

B. elegans

Binomial name
Bellemerea elegans

Øvstedal (2009)

Bellemerea elegans is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) and crustose lichen in the family Lecideaceae. Found in Antarctica, it was formally described as a new species in 2009 by Norwegian lichenologist Dag Øvstedal. The type specimen was collected from the Admiralty Bay area of King George Island. Here, at an altitude of 105 m (344 ft), it was found growing on boulders that were overgrown with the beard lichen Usnea aurantiacoatra. Bellemerea elegans is only known from the type specimen. It has a crustose, grey, areolate thallus measuring 1–2 cm (0.4–0.8 in) wide. Its apothecia are more or less immersed in the thallus (aspicilioid), measuring up to 1.1 in diameter, with a dull brown disc. Ascospores number eight per ascus, and measure 12–14 by 5–7 μm. The lichen contains porphyrilic acid, a lichen product.[1]

## References

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1. ^ Øvstedal, D.O.; Lewis Smith, R.I. (2009). "Further additions to the lichen flora of Antarctica and South Georgia". Nova Hedwigia. 88 (1–2): 157–168\. doi:10.1127/0029-5035/2009/0088-0157.1–2&rft.pages=157-168&rft.date=2009&rft_id=info:doi/10.1127/0029-5035/2009/0088-0157&rft.aulast=Øvstedal&rft.aufirst=D.O.&rft.au=Lewis+Smith,+R.I.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Bellemerea+elegans" class="Z3988">

Taxon identifiers

Bellemerea elegans|

* Wikidata: Q29913695
* Wikispecies: Bellemerea elegans
* CoL: 5WGNX
* GBIF: 3434815
* IndexFungorum: 512295
* MycoBank: 512295
* OBIS: 988731
* Open Tree of Life: 3761467
* SpeciesFungorum: 512295
* WoRMS: 988731

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