''Pyrenula microcarpa'' is a species of
corticolous (bark-dwelling),
crustose lichen in the family
Pyrenulaceae
The Pyrenulaceae are a family of fungi in the order Pyrenulales. The family was first named by German botanist Gottlob Ludwig Rabenhorst in 1870. Species in the family have a widespread distribution, but are especially prevalent in the tropics, wh ...
. It has a
pantropical distribution.
The lichen was
formally described as a new species in 1885 by
Johannes Müller Argoviensis.
It has a white to grey-coloured
thallus with
ascomata measuring up to 0.7 mm in diameter.
See also
*
List of ''Pyrenula'' species
References
microcarpa
Lichens described in 1885
Lichens of North America
Lichens of South America
Taxa named by Johannes Müller Argoviensis
Lichen species
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