Agonimia octospora is a species of corticolous, (bark-dwelling) squamulose (scaly) lichen in the family Verrucariaceae. It was formally described as a new species in 1978 by the lichenologists Brian John Coppins and Peter Wilfred James. The type specimen was collected in Glengarriff Forest in (West Cork (Ireland), where it was found growing on the bark of oak. Characteristics of the lichen include its colourless ascospores that number eight per ascus, and its tiny squamules (up to 0.3 mm long) that are closely attached (appressed) to its substrate. Its spores typically measure 60–75 by 20–26 μm.[1] The lichen is found in Europe and South America.[2]

Agonimia octospora
scale bar = 1 millimetre
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Verrucariales
Family: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Agonimia
Species:
A. octospora
Binomial name
Agonimia octospora
Coppins & P.James (1978)

References

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  1. ^ Coppins, B.J.; James, P. W. (1978). "New or interesting British lichens II". The Lichenologist. 10 (2): 179–207. doi:10.1017/s0024282978000298.
  2. ^ Breuss, O. (2020). "Key to the species of Agonimia (lichenised Ascomycota, Verrucariaceae)" (PDF). Österreichische Zeitschrift für Pilzkunde. 28: 69–74.