Myriostigma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
Order: | Arthoniales |
Family: | Arthoniaceae |
Genus: | Myriostigma Kremp. (1874) |
Type species | |
Myriostigma candidum Kremp. (1874)
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Myriostigma is a genus of lichens in the family Arthoniaceae.[1] The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist August von Krempelhuber in 1874.[2]
Characteristics of Myriostigma include the raised maculate (spots), ascomata-like fertile areas, asci that are 8-spored, thick-walled, globular and stalked, and ascospores that are hyaline, bean-shaped, and muriform (divided into chambers by septa).[3]
The species once known as Myriostigma guatteriae G.Arnaud (1925) is now Myriostigmella guatteriae.