Global InformationPhylloblastia bielczykiae information
| Phylloblastia bielczykiae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Verrucariales |
| Family: | Verrucariaceae |
| Genus: | Phylloblastia |
| Species: | P. bielczykiae
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| Binomial name | |
| Phylloblastia bielczykiae Flakus & Lücking (2008)
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Phylloblastia bielczykiae is a species of foliicolous (leaf-dwelling) lichen in the family Verrucariaceae. Found in Bolivia, it was formally described as a new species in 2008 by lichenologists Adam Flakus and Robert Lücking. The type specimen was collected near lake Copaiba (José Ballivián Province, Beni Department); there, in an isolated island of lowland Amazon rainforest along a savanna, it was found growing on the leaves of a vascular plant.[1] It is only known from the type locality.[2] The species epithet honours the Polish lichenologist Urszula Bielczyk.[1]
The lichen has an indistinct, crustose thallus with a mealy (farinose) to grainy (granulose) texture, and a pale yellowish-green to olivaceous colour. It is somewhat similar to Phylloblastia inconspicua, but has smaller ascospores (typically measuring 3–9 by 40–55 μm).[1]
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