Verrucaria serpuloides

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Verrucaria serpuloides
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Verrucariales
Family: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Verrucaria
Species:
V. serpuloides
Binomial name
Verrucaria serpuloides
I.M.Lamb (1948)

Verrucaria serpuloides is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen belonging to the family Verrucariaceae. It is native to the Antarctic Peninsula. It is one of only two permanently submerged species of lichen, the other being Hydrothyria venosa , and the only one found permanently submerged in a marine environment. [1] Collections of the species were first made in 1944 by Elke Mackenzie. [2]

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The species has been discovered living up to 10 m (33 ft) below mean high tide. It creates jet-black patches on the base of submerged rocks. It uses green algae as a symbiont. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Ahmadjian, V. (1 March 1995). "Lichens are more important than you think" . BioScience. 45 (3): 1. doi:10.1093/bioscience/45.3.124 . Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 Lamb, I. Mackenzie (1973). "Further observations on Verrucaria serpuloides M. Lamb, the only known permanently submerged marine lichen". Occasional Papers of the Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany (6): 1–5. ISSN   0090-8754. JSTOR   41760455.


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