Rhizocarpon pusillum

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Rhizocarpon pusillum

Rhizocarpon pusillum is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Rhizocarpaceae. It is a lichenicolous lichen, meaning it is parasitic on other lichens.[1] It was formally described as a new species in 1956 by the Swedish lichenologist Hans Runemark.[2]

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Rhizocarpon pusillum
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Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Rhizocarpales
Family: Rhizocarpaceae
Genus: Rhizocarpon
Species:
R. pusillum
Binomial name
Rhizocarpon pusillum
Runemark (1956)
Synonyms
  • Catocarpus pusillum (Runemark) Oxner (1968)
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