Bartlettiella fragilis

Bartlettiella is a single-species fungal genus of uncertain familial and ordinal placement in the class Lecanoromycetes. It contains the species Bartlettiella fragilis, a saxicolous (rock-dwelling), matt-forming fruticulose lichen found in New Zealand. This species was described as new to science in 1990 by the lichenologists David J. Galloway and Per Magnus Jørgensen. It is characterised by its green algal photobiont and by the production of gyrophoric acid, a lichen product. The genus name honours the botanist...