''Bacidia elongata'' is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling)
lichen
A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.Ramalinaceae. Found in the Russian Far East, it was formally described as a new species in 2018 by Julia Gerasimova and Andreas Beck. The type specimen was collected by the first author from the Bolshekhekhtsirskiy State Natural Reserve (
Khabarovsky District
Khabarovsky District (russian: Хаба́ровский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #143-pr and municipalLaw #194 district (raion), one of the seventeen in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It consists of two unconnected segments separa ...
), where it was found growing on the bark of ''
Acer mono
''Acer pictum'' subsp. ''mono'', commonly known as painted maple or mono maple in English, or in Japan, wu jiao feng () in China, or gorosoe () or gorosoenamu () in Korea, is a species of maple.
Description
''Acer pictum'' subsp. ''mono'' g ...
'' in a coniferous-broadleaf forest near a river. It has also been collected in Primorsky Krai. The species epithet refers to the wide zone of enlarged cell along the edge of the .