Acarospora citrina is a lichen in the family, Acarosporaceae, first described as Urceolaria citrina by Thomas Taylor in 1847.[1][4] It was assigned to the genus, Acarospora, in 1913 by Alexander Zahlbruckner.[1][2]

Acarospora citrina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Acarosporales
Family: Acarosporaceae
Genus: Acarospora
Species:
A. citrina
Binomial name
Acarospora citrina
Synonyms[3]

Urceolaria citrina Taylor (1847)
Placodium citrinum (Taylor) Müll.Arg. (1888)
Acarospora wilsonii H.Magn. (1929)
Acarospora schleicheri (Ach.) A.Massal. (1852)
Acarospora initialis H.Magn. (1929)

This lichen has been found in all mainland states of Australia,[5][3] on rocks in sclerophyll woodland.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Index Fungorum - Names Record Acarospora citrina". www.indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b Zahlbruckner, A (1913). "Acarospora citrina". Memoranda of the Imperial Academy of Sciences / Mathematical and Natural Science Class. 88: 28.
  3. ^ a b "Checklist of the Lichens of Australia and its Island Territories A-D". 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  4. ^ Taylor, T. (1847). "Urceolaria citrina". London Journal of Botany. 6: 158.
  5. ^ "Acarospora citrina (Taylor) Zahlbr. ex Rech". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  6. ^ Gintaras Kantvilas (2019). "An annotated catalogue of the lichens of Kangaroo Island". Swainsona. 32: 11. ISSN 2206-1649. JSTOR 27054012. Wikidata Q105719285.

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