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Capronia normandinae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Chaetothyriales
Family:	Herpotrichiellaceae
Genus:	Capronia
Species:	C. normandinae
Binomial name
Capronia normandinae R.Sant. & D.Hawksw. (1990)

Capronia normandinae is a species of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungus in the family Herpotrichiellaceae. The fungus was first formally described in 1990 by Rolf Santesson and David Hawksworth. The fungus has been recorded from Papua New Guinea, the Atlantic Ocean (Portugal, Madeira), Australasia (New Zealand), Europe (France, Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Spain, UK), and South America (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador). The fungus parasitises the host lichen Normandina pulchella, after which it is named.

A characteristic feature of Capronia normandinae is the black, hair-like structures on its surface called setose perithecia. The fungus produces light olive-brown ascospores typically measuring 15–21 by 7.5–9.0 μm. These spores look like they have many internal divisions because they contain tiny fat droplets (guttules) and special cell walls (distosepta). Around the fungus's opening (the ostiole), there are simple (unbranched), unsegmented hair-like growths (setae).

References

1. "Capronia normandinae R. Sant. & D. Hawksw". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
2. ^ Hawksworth, D.L. (1990). "Notes on British lichenicolous fungi: VI". Notes from the Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh. 46: 391–403.
3. Aptroot, André; Diederich, Paul; Sérusiaux, Emmanuël; Sipman, Harrie J.M. (1997). Lichens and Lichenicolous Fungi from New Guinea. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. Vol. 64. J. Cramer. p. 47. ISBN 978-3-443-58043-8.
4. Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W. (18 October 2021). "Capronia normandinae. ". Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria: 2273. doi:10.1079/DFB/20210407794. ISSN 2514-5592.
5. Diederich, Paul; Lawrey, James D.; Ertz, Damien (2018). "The 2018 classification and checklist of lichenicolous fungi, with 2000 non-lichenized, obligately lichenicolous taxa". The Bryologist. 121 (3): 363. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-121.3.340.
6. Orange, A.; Cannon, P.; Prieto, M.; Coppins, B.; Sanderson, N.; Simkin, J. (2023). Verrucariales: Verrucariaceae, including the genera Agonimia, Atla, Bagliettoa, Catapyrenium, Dermatocarpon, Endocarpon, Henrica, Heteroplacidium, Hydropunctaria, Involucropyrenium, Merismatium, Nesothele, Normandina, Parabagliettoa, Placidopsis, Placidium, Placopyrenium, Polyblastia, Psoroglaena, Sporodictyon, Staurothele, Thelidium, Trimmatothele, Verrucaria, Verrucula, Verruculopsis and Wahlenbergiella (PDF). Revisions of British and Irish Lichens. Vol. 31. British Lichen Society. p. 43.

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