Gabura borbonica

Gabura borbonica
Holotype of Arctomia borbonica.
A–B macroscopic view of the thallus, with details of the wrinkled surface B and soredioid margin C–D cross section through the thallus, showing the cortex with small, isodiametric cells, and the Nostoc chains E surface view of the cortex F young goniocysts formed at the lobe margins.
Scale: A–B = 1 mm; C–E = 20 µm.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Baeomycetales
Family: Arctomiaceae
Genus: Gabura
Species:
G. borbonica
Binomial name
Gabura borbonica
(Magain & Sérus.) Magain & Sérus. (2020)
Synonyms[1]
  • Arctomia borbonica Magain & Sérus. (2012)

Gabura borbonica, previously known as Arctomia borbonica, is a species of foliose lichen found on Réunion, an island in the Mascarene archipelago. This species is unique due to its distinct features such as a crumpled, blue-grey to brown thallus (the main body of the lichen) and the production of structures called goniocysts at its margins. G. borbonica was transferred to the genus Gabura in 2020, and is distinguished from its sister species, Gabura insignis, both genetically and morphologically.[1]

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