Willeya protrudens is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Verrucariaceae. Found in northern Vietnam, it was formally described as a new species in 2014 by Cécile Gueidan. The type specimen was found growing on calcareous rock outcrops in the Na Hang Nature Reserve (Na Hang district, Tuyên Quang). The species epithet protrudens refers to the projecting perithecia, a morphological feature distinguishing it from other Willeya species.[1]

Willeya protrudens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Verrucariales
Family: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Willeya
Species:
W. protrudens
Binomial name
Willeya protrudens
Gueidan (2014)

References edit

  1. ^ Gueidan, Cécile; Van Do, Truong; Lu, Ngan Thi (2014). "Phylogeny and taxonomy of Staurothele (Verrucariaceae, lichenized ascomycetes) from the karst of northern Vietnam". The Lichenologist. 46 (4): 515–533. doi:10.1017/s0024282914000048. S2CID 84975353.