Biatora pausiaca

Biatora pausiaca is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), leprose lichen in the family Ramalinaceae.^[1] Found in the United States, it was formally described as a new species in 2003 by the lichenologists Christian Printzen and Tor Tønsberg. Its ascospores are 3.5–6.5 μm wide, and it does not contain any lichen products detectable with thin-layer chromatography.^[2] It is closely related to Biatora vezdana; these two species form a clade that itself has a sister relationship with Biatora radicicola.^[3]

Biatora pausiaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Ramalinaceae
Genus:	Biatora
Species:	B. pausiaca
Binomial name
Biatora pausiaca Printzen & Tønsberg (2003)