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Acarospora
Acarospora is a genus of mostly lichen-forming fungi in the family Acarosporaceae. Most species in the genus are crustose lichens that grow on rocks in open and arid places all over the world. They may look like a cobblestone road or cracked up old paint, and are commonly called cobblestone lichens or cracked lichens. They usually grow on rock (are "saxicolous"), but some grow on soil (terricolous) or on other lichens. Some species in the genus are fungi that live as parasites on other lichens (lichenicolous fungi). Acarospora is a widely distributed genus, with about 128 species according to
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderAcarosporales
- FamilyAcarosporaceae
Observations recorded73,558
Wielosporek siwy Acarospora A. Massal (wielosporek) – rodzaj grzybów z rodziny Acarosporaceae[1]. Ze względu na współżycie z glonami zaliczany jest do grupy porostów[2]. Systematyka i nazewnictwo Pozycja w klasyfikacji według Index Fungorum: Acarosporaceae, Acarosporales, Acarosporomycetidae, Lecanoromycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi[1]. Synonimy nazwy naukowej: Myriospora Nägeli, Myriospora Nägeli ex Uloth[3]: Nazwa polska według opracowania W. Fałtynowicza[2]. Gatunki występujące w Polsce Acarospora albomarginata (H. Magn.) Clauzade & Cl. Roux 1981[4] – wielosporek obrzeżony Acarospora badiofusca (Nyl.) Th. Fr. 1861 – wielosporek ciemnobrunatny Acarospora cervina (Ach.) A. Massal. 1852 – wielosporek płowy Acarospora complanata H. Magn. 1924 – wielosporek pośredni Acarospora erythrocarpa (Malbr.) Hue 1909[4] – wielosporek rumiany Acarospora fuscata (Nyl.) Th. Fr. 1871 – wielosporek brunatny Acarospora gallica H. Magn. 1929[4] – wielosporek galijski Acarospora glaucocarpa (Ach.) Körb. 1859 – wielosporek siwy Acarospora heppii (Nägeli) Nägeli 1859 – wielosporek Heppiego Acarospora impressula Th. Fr. 1871 – wielosporek wytłoczony Acarospora insolata H. Magn. 1924[4] – wi
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- Description
- Internal structure
- Fruiting structures
- Taxonomy
- Species
- Chemistry
- Range and habitat
- References
Acarospora is a genus of mostly lichen-forming fungi in the family Acarosporaceae. Most species in the genus are crustose lichens that grow on rocks in open and arid places all over the world. They may look like a cobblestone road or cracked up old paint, and are commonly called cobblestone lichens or cracked lichens. They usually grow on rock (are "saxicolous"), but some grow on soil (terricolous) or on other lichens. Some species in the genus are fungi that live as parasites on other lichens (lichenicolous fungi). Acarospora is a widely distributed genus, with about 128 species according to a 2008 estimate.
Species in Acarospora may be shiny as if covered with a glossy varnish, or dull and powdery looking. They have a diverse range of colors, from the brilliant yellow bright cobblestone lichen, to the dark reddish-brown mountain cobblestone lichen, or they can appear tan, gray, or white, from a dusty-looking coating (pruina). They may grow in crustose forms like a warty surface (verrucose), like cracking-up old crust of paint (rimose), like a bunch of "islands" in a dry lake bed (areolate), like the flakes of cracking up paint are peeling up at the edges (sub-squamulous), or like the flakes are growing over others like scales (squamulous).