''Sarcogyne maritima'' is a species of crustose lichen in the family

Acarosporaceae The Acarosporaceae are a family of fungi in the order Acarosporales. Members of this family have a widespread distribution, and are mostly lichenized with green algae. According to a 2021 estimate, the family contains 11 genera and about 260 spe ...

. Found in Australia, it was described as a new species in 2017 by lichenologists John Elix and Patrick McCarthy. The type specimen was collected on

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(on the

South Coast South Coast is a name often given to coastal areas to the south of a geographical region or major metropolitan area. Geographical Australia *South Coast (New South Wales), the coast of New South Wales, Australia, south of Sydney * South Coast (Q ...

of New South Wales), where it was found growing above the seashore on hard sandstone. It is only known to occur at this location. The

specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

''maritima'' alludes to its habitat on coastal rocks.

References

Acarosporales Lichen species Lichens described in 2017 Lichens of Australia Taxa named by John Alan Elix {{Lecanoromycetes-stub