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Acarospora contigua
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Acarosporales
Family:	Acarosporaceae
Genus:	Acarospora
Species:	A. contigua
Binomial name
Acarospora contigua H.Magn. (1929)

Acarospora contigua is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Acarosporaceae. It was formally described as a new species in 1929 by Swedish lichenologist Adolf Hugo Magnusson. The dark yellow thallus has a continuous smooth crust comprising areoles that are 1–2.5 mm in diameter. In North America, it is known as the gold cobblestone lichen. The lichen was reported from the Eastern Ghats India in 2021, where it occurs in tropical conditions at elevations between 500 and 1,000 m (1,600 and 3,300 ft).

References

1. "Acarospora contigua H. Magn". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
2. Magnusson, A.H. (1929). "The yellow species of Acarospora in North America". Mycologia. 21 (5): 249–260 .
3. Brodo, Irwin M.; Sharnoff, Sylvia Duran; Sharnoff, Stephen (2001). Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. p. 146. ISBN 978-0300082494.
4. Mohabe, S.; Pandava, G.B.A.; Reddy, A. (2021). "Acarospora contigua (Acarosporaceae, Ascomycetes), a lichenized fungus new to India". Cryptogam Biodiversity and Assessment. 5 (1): 1–5. doi:10.21756/cab.v5i1.1 (inactive 5 November 2024).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)

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