Biology:Herpothallon fertile

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Short description: Species of lichen

Herpothallon fertile
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Arthoniomycetes
Order: Arthoniales
Family: Arthoniaceae
Genus: Herpothallon
Species:
H. fertile
Binomial name
Herpothallon fertile
Aptroot & Lücking (2009)

Herpothallon fertile is a species of corticolous (bark-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 and Robert Lücking. It also occurs in Brazil, and is considered by the authors to have a wide distribution in "tropical parts of America". Its species epithet fertile reflects the fact that it is the only species of Herpothallon to have been found with asci and ascospores.[2]

References

  1. "Herpothallon fertile Aptroot & Lücking". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/L3CX. 
  2. 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. 40–41. ISBN 978-3-443-58078-0. 

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