| Trapelia coarctata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Baeomycetales |
| Family: | Trapeliaceae |
| Genus: | Trapelia |
| Species: | T. coarctata |
| Binomial name | |
| Trapelia coarctata | |
Trapelia coarctata is a lichenised fungus in the family Trapeliaceae. [2]
It was first described as Lichen coarctatus in 1799 by Dawson Turner in Smith & Sowerby's, English Botany., [2] [4] and transferred to the genus Trapelia by Maurice Choisy in 1932. [2] [3]
It has been found in mallee woodland dry sclerophyll forest, on soil and rocks, [5] in Western Australia, and on Kangaroo Island in South Australia. [5] [6] It has a continuous grey thallus, containing gyrophoric acid, and is a first coloniser after fire. [5] It was among the first lichen species to be found on Surtsey island after its inception from the sea. [7]