Summary description from Wikipedia:

Acarospora in languages:

Dutch

Steenschubje

English

cobblestone lichens

English

cracked lichens

Finnish

kuoppajäkälät

Lithuanian

Skydūnė

Swedish

spricklavar

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Parent Taxon

• Acarosporaceae

Sibling Taxa

• Acarospora
• Caeruleum
• Glypholecia
• Lithoglypha
• Myriospora
• Pleopsidium
• Polysporina
• Sarcogyne
• Trimmatothelopsis

Child Taxa

• Acarospora affinis
• Acarospora altoandina
• Acarospora americana
• Acarospora anomala
• Acarospora asahinae
• Acarospora austroafricana
• Acarospora badiofusca
• Acarospora boulderensis
• Acarospora brattiae
• Acarospora brodoana
• Acarospora brouardii
• Acarospora bullata
• Acarospora bylii
• Acarospora calcarea
• Acarospora calviniensis
• Acarospora canadensis
• Acarospora capensis
• Acarospora castaneocarpa
• Acarospora cervina
• Acarospora chrysops
• Acarospora citrina
• Acarospora clauzadeana
• Acarospora coloradiana
• Acarospora complanata
• Acarospora congregata
• Acarospora contigua
• Acarospora deserticola
• Acarospora elegans
• Acarospora elevata
• Acarospora epilutescens
• Acarospora epithallina
• Acarospora erratica
• Acarospora finckei
• Acarospora fuscata
• Acarospora fuscescens
• Acarospora gallica
• Acarospora glaucocarpa
• Acarospora gypsi-deserti
• Acarospora gyrodes
• Acarospora heufleriana
• Acarospora hilaris
• Acarospora immixta
• Acarospora impressula
• Acarospora initialis
• Acarospora insculpta
• Acarospora insolata
• Acarospora interjecta
• Acarospora intermixta
• Acarospora intrusa
• Acarospora janae
• Acarospora laeta
• Acarospora laevigata
• Acarospora laqueata
• Acarospora longispora
• Acarospora lucida
• Acarospora luederitzensis
• Acarospora maccarthyi
• Acarospora macrocyclos
• Acarospora macrospora
• Acarospora malouina
• Acarospora meridionalis
• Acarospora microcarpa
• Acarospora moenium
• Acarospora molybdina
• Acarospora nashii
• Acarospora negligens
• Acarospora nevadensis
• Acarospora nicolai
• Acarospora nitida
• Acarospora nitrophila
• Acarospora nodulosa
• Acarospora novomexicana
• Acarospora obnubila
• Acarospora obpallens
• Acarospora ochrophaea
• Acarospora oertendahlii
• Acarospora oligospora
• Acarospora orcuttii
• Acarospora oreophila
• Acarospora otagensis
• Acarospora piedmontensis
• Acarospora placodiiformis
• Acarospora privigna
• Acarospora pyrenopsoides
• Acarospora rhabarbarina
• Acarospora rhizobola
• Acarospora robiniae
• Acarospora rosulata
• Acarospora rouxii
• Acarospora rugulosa
• Acarospora schleicheri
• Acarospora scotica
• Acarospora sinopica
• Acarospora socialis
• Acarospora sparsa
• Acarospora sparsiuscula
• Acarospora sphaerosperma
• Acarospora squamulosa
• Acarospora stapfiana
• Acarospora steineri
• Acarospora strigata
• Acarospora subbadia
• Acarospora subochracea
• Acarospora subrufula
• Acarospora subtersa
• Acarospora succedens
• Acarospora tenuis
• Acarospora thaeodes
• Acarospora thamnina
• Acarospora thelococcoides
• Acarospora tintickiana
• Acarospora tongletii
• Acarospora tuckerae
• Acarospora umbilicata
• Acarospora veronensis
• Acarospora versicolor
• Acarospora xanthophana

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