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Buellia magaliesbergensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Caliciales
Family:	Caliciaceae
Genus:	Buellia
Species:	B. magaliesbergensis
Binomial name
Buellia magaliesbergensis Elix & H.Mayrhofer (2021)

Buellia magaliesbergensis is a species of crustose lichen in the family Caliciaceae. Found in South Africa, it was formally described as a new species in 2021 by lichenologists John Alan Elix and Helmut Mayrhofer. The type specimen was collected in the Magaliesberg Range (Orange Free State) at an altitude of 1,720 m (5,640 ft). Here, the saxicolous lichen was found growing on rocks on the ground. The species epithet refers to the type locality, the only location where the lichen has been documented. The results of standard chemical spot tests are thallus K+ (yellow), P+ (yellow-orange), and C−. Buellia magaliesbergensis contains norstictic acid as a major secondary chemical and connorstictic acid as a minor compound.

See also

• List of Buellia species

References

1. Elix, John A.; Mayrhofer, Helmut; Wetschnig, Wolfgang (2021). "Two new species of buellioid lichens (Caliciaceae, Ascomycota) from South Africa" (PDF). Australasian Lichenology. 89: 44–48.

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