''Miriquidica deusta'' is a species of

lichen A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.Lecanoraceae The Lecanoraceae are a family of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales. Species of this family have a widespread distribution. Taxonomy Lecanoraceae was circumscribed by German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855. Genera According ...

. A North American native, it generally grows on siliceous rocks. It belongs to the subdivision

Pezizomycotina Pezizomycotina make up most of the Ascomycota fungi and include most lichenized fungi too. Pezizomycotina contains the filamentous ascomycetes and is a subdivision of the Ascomycota (fungi that form their spores in a sac-like ''ascus''). It is mo ...

of the division

Ascomycota Ascomycota is a phylum of the kingdom Fungi that, together with the Basidiomycota, forms the subkingdom Dikarya. Its members are commonly known as the sac fungi or ascomycetes. It is the largest phylum of Fungi, with over 64,000 species. The def ...

, within the order Lecanorales. These are found in both general and Estonian herbariums.http://www.ut.ee/lichens/herb/Mhlist.html List of taxa kept in TU/Tartu Ülikooli samblike herbaariumi nimestik

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File:Miriquidica deusta.jpg, Some of the fungi from a closer view. File:Miriquidica deusta-1.jpg, Another view of M. Deusta. File:Miriquidica deusta-3.jpg, The rocks on which the fungi has grown.

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