Pleurosticta  acetabulum (Neck.) Elix & Lumbsch in Lumbsch
Status of species A rare species. Registered in the Red Data Book of Estonia and in the Lists of endangered lichens species in Finland, Germany, Austria and Poland.
Distribution Rare all over the territory of Latvia.
Habitat An epiphytic lichen growing on deciduous trees in parks and mixed forests.
Occurance Singly specimens occur on tree trunks.
Reproduction By spores.
Changes in number and distribution Found for the first time in Latvia in Tērvete (A. Piterāns, 1961). It is negatively affected by changes in biotope and pollution.
Existing protection Red Data Book of Latvia, 1992.
Suggestions for study Lichen biology and dynamics of population development should be studied.
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