Verrucaria serpuloides

Verrucaria serpuloides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Verrucariales
Family:	Verrucariaceae
Genus:	Verrucaria
Species:	V. serpuloides
Binomial name
	Verrucaria serpuloides; I.M.Lamb, 1948

Verrucaria serpuloides is a species of lichen belonging to the family Verrucariaceae. It is native to the Antarctic Peninsula. It is one of only two permanently submerged species of lichen, the other being , and the only one found in a marine environment.^[1] Collections of the species were first made in 1944 by Ivan Mackenzie Lamb.^[2]

The species has been discovered living up to 10 meters below mean high tide. It creates jet-black patches on the base of submerged rocks. It uses green algae as a symbiont.^[2]

References[]

^ Ahmadjian, V. (1 March 1995). "Lichens are more important than you think". BioScience. 45 (3): 1. doi:10.1093/bioscience/45.3.124. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b Lamb, I. Mackenzie (1973). "Further Observations On Verrucaria Serpuloides M. Lamb, The Only Known Permanently Submerged Marine Lichen". Occasional Papers of the Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany (6): 1–5. ISSN 0090-8754. Retrieved 14 September 2021.

External links[]

"Verrucaria serpuloides Holotype". Google Arts & Culture. London, England: The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 14 September 2021.

[1] Ahmadjian, V. (1 March 1995). "Lichens are more important than you think". BioScience. 45 (3): 1. doi:10.1093/bioscience/45.3.124. Retrieved 14 September 2021.

[elke-2] Lamb, I. Mackenzie (1973). "Further Observations On Verrucaria Serpuloides M. Lamb, The Only Known Permanently Submerged Marine Lichen". Occasional Papers of the Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany (6): 1–5. ISSN 0090-8754. Retrieved 14 September 2021.

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