Pyrenula leucostoma

Pyrenula leucostoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Pyrenulales
Family:	Pyrenulaceae
Genus:	Pyrenula
Species:	P. leucostoma
Binomial name
Pyrenula leucostoma Ach.
Synonyms [1]
Synonymy Anthracothecium americanum(Ach.) Müll. Arg. Anthracothecium emergens(Leight.) Zahlbr. Anthracothecium endococcineum(Vain.) Zahlbr. Anthracothecium erythrinae(Vain.) Zahlbr. Anthracothecium fraternaleZahlbr. Anthracothecium leucostomum(Ach.) Malme Anthracothecium libricola(Fée) Müll. Anthracothecium javanicum(Hepp) Zahlbr. Anthracothecium obscuratumUpreti & Ajay Singh Anthracothecium pachycheilum(Tuck.) Zahlbr. Anthracothecium paramerum(Nyl.) Müll. Arg. Anthracothecium submucosum(Vain.) Zahlbr. Bottaria endococcineaVain. Bottaria erythrinaeVain. Bottaria libricola(Fée) Vain. Bottaria paramera(Nyl.) Vain. Bottaria submucosaVain. Parmentaria rappiiZahlbr. Porina javanica(Hepp) Overeem, Bull. Pyrenula libricolaFée Pyrenula pachycheilaTuck. Pyrenula reebiaeAptroot & Gueidan Sporodictyon feeiTrevis. Verrucaria analepta var. americanaAch. Verrucaria emergensLeight. Verrucaria javanicaHepp Verrucaria leucostoma(Ach.) Mont. Verrucaria libricola(Fée) Nyl. Verrucaria parameraNyl.

Pyrenula leucostoma is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Pyrenulaceae.

Description

Pyrenula leucostoma is a crustose lichen that has a grey-brown and brown to olive green thallus, and subglobose black ascomata which measure 0.5–1.5 mm (0.020–0.059 in) in diameter. ^{[2] [3]}

Taxonomy

The lichen was formally described as a new species by Swedish botanist Erik Acharius in 1814. ^{[1] [4]}

Distribution and habitat

The species is pantropical, found in areas including Southeastern North America, the Caribbean and Australia, in eastern Queensland, New South Wales and on Norfolk Island. ^{[3] [5]} It was first recognised as being present in New Zealand in 2015. ^[2] The species is often found in open, coastal habitats and shaded forests, found on the bark of hardwood trees. ^{[3] [5]}

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See also

• List of Pyrenula species

References

1. "Pyrenula pyrenuloides". MYCOBANK Database. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
2. Marshall, Andrew J.; Blanchon, Dan J.; Aptroot, André; de Lange, Peter J. (16 September 2019). "Five new records of Pyrenula (Pyrenulaceae) for New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 58 (1): 48–61. doi:10.1080/0028825X.2019.1662816. ISSN   0028-825X. Wikidata   Q134497505.
3. "Pyrenula leucostoma Ach". Consortium of Lichen Herbaria. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
4. Acharius, E. (1814). "Monographie der Lichenen-Gattung Pyrenula mit Abbildungen aller bisher bekannten Arten". Magazin der Gesellschaft Naturforschenden Freunde Berlin (in German). 6 (1): 3–25.
5. "Pyrenula pyrenuloides (Mont.) R.C.Harris". Checklist of the Lichens of Australia and its Island Territories. Retrieved 14 July 2025.