Biology:Herpothallon echinatum
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Short description: Species of lichen
| Herpothallon echinatum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
| Order: | Arthoniales |
| Family: | Arthoniaceae |
| Genus: | Herpothallon |
| Species: | H. echinatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Herpothallon echinatum Aptroot, Lücking & Will-Wolf (2009)
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Herpothallon echinatum is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) or lignicolous (wood-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Arthoniaceae.[1] Originally described from specimens collected in Costa Rica, it was formally described as new to science in 2009 by the lichenologists André Aptroot, Robert Lücking, and Susan Will-Wolf. It has also been recorded from a few locations in Asia and Australasia. It contain psoromic acid as a major lichen product.[2]
References
- ↑ "Herpothallon echinatum Aptroot, Lücking & Will-Wolf". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/3L3CV.
- ↑ Aptroot, André; Thor, Göran; Lücking, Robert; Elix, John A.; Chaves, J.L. (2009). "The lichen genus Herpothallon reinstated". Biodiversity and Ecology of Lichens: Liber Amicorum Harrie Sipman. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 99. J. Cramer. pp. 38–39. ISBN 978-3-443-58078-0.
Wikidata ☰ Q21268484 entry
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