Biology:Cryptothecia aleurinoides
| Cryptothecia aleurinoides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
| Order: | Arthoniales |
| Family: | Arthoniaceae |
| Genus: | Cryptothecia |
| Species: | C. aleurinoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryptothecia aleurinoides Aptroot & Wolseley (2009)
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Cryptothecia aleurinoides is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Arthoniaceae.[1] Found in Thailand, it was formally described by lichenologists André Aptroot and Pat Wolseley. Its thallus is up to 5 cm (2 in) in diameter and less than 0.1 mm thick, and is white in colour. Its [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]] are ellipsoid in shape, [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]] (divided into compartments or [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]] by intersecting longitudinal and transverse septa), and measure 40–45 by 22–259 μm. It contains the substance 5-O-methylmicrophyllinic acid, which, at the time of publication, was the first time this lichen product had been recorded from genus Cryptothecia.[2]
References
- ↑ "Cryptothecia aleurinoides Aptroot & Wolseley". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/3233W.
- ↑ Wolseley, P.A.; Aptroot, A. (2009). "The lichen genera Cryptothecia and Stirtonia in northern Thailand". Biodiversity and Ecology of Lichens: Liber Amicorum Harrie Sipman. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 99. J. Cramer. pp. 411–422. ISBN 978-3-443-58078-0.
Wikidata ☰ Q107607664 entry
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