| Ramonia vermispora | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Gyalectales |
| Family: | Gyalectaceae |
| Genus: | Ramonia |
| Species: | R. vermispora |
| Binomial name | |
| Ramonia vermispora Lendemer & K.Knudsen (2008) | |
Ramonia vermispora is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) and crustose lichen in the family Gyalectaceae. Found in the Sonoran Desert region of the southwestern United States, it was formally described as a new species in 2008 by lichenologists James Lendemer and Karry Knudsen. The type specimen was collected in San Bernardino National Forest (Riverside County, California), at an elevation of 1,655 m (5,430 ft); here it was found growing on granitic rock in a shaded rocky outcrop in a woodland. The lichen is only known to occur at the type locality, which is part of the San Jacinto Mountains. The specific epithet vermispora alludes to the "worm-like appearance of the ascospores". Similar species include R. ablephora and R. gyalectiformis, both of which can be distinguished from R. vermispora by ascospore morphology.[1]
References
- ↑ "Ramonia vermispora, a new species from the Sonoran Desert Region of Southwestern North America" (PDF). Opuscula Philolichenum. 5: 83–88. 2008.