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Caloplaca aseptatospora

Caloplaca aseptatospora is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Teloschistaceae. Found in Australia, it was formally described as a new species in 2009 by lichenologists Sergey Kondratyuk and Ingvar Kärnefelt. The type specimen, collected from Coochiemudlo Island in 1982 by Rex Filson, was found growing on the base of a sheltered tree trunk. The species epithet alludes to its main diagnostic character–largely immature, non-septate spores. Caloplaca aseptatospora is only known to occur in a few localities in Queensland.

Description
The crustose thallus of Caloplaca aseptatospora forms patches up to across, whitish-grey to dark grey in colour. The surface has numerous granular isidia and many or apothecia, with yellowish . The apothecia measure 0.4–0.9 mm in diameter and are about 0.2 mm thick. The ascospores are usually immature and lacking septa; mature spores with a septum are rare. Lichen products that occur in the species include fragilin as a major substance, atranorin, 7-chloroparietinic acid, 7-chloroemodin as minor substance, and trace amounts of parietin. ==See also==
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