Myeloconis fecunda

Myeloconis fecunda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Gyalectales
Family: Porinaceae
Genus: Myeloconis
Species:
M. fecunda
Binomial name
Myeloconis fecunda
P.M.McCarthy & Elix (1996)

Myeloconis fecunda is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Porinaceae.[1] Found in Malaysia and the Guianas, it was formally described as a new species in 1996 by Patrick M. McCarthy and John Elix. They used the species epithet fecunda because it is "the most abundantly and consistently fertile of the species".[2]

The species is identified by its unique thallus chemistry, which is relatively uncomplicated (containing only myeloconone B as a major compound), as well as its elongated ascospores (ranging from 188 to 300 μm) and comparatively inconspicuous large ascomata in comparison to other related species.[2]

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