Astrothelium trypethelioides is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae. Found in Venezuela, it was formally described as a new species in 2016 by André Aptroot. The type specimen was collected by Harrie Sipman along the Carapo River (Cerro Guaiquinima, Bolivar) at an altitude of 800 m (2,600 ft). The lichen has a smooth, somewhat shiny, pale yellowish-grey thallus that covers areas of up to 9 cm (3.5 in). Its ascospores are hyaline, spindle-shaped (fusiform) with between 7 and 9 septa and dimensions of 49–52 by 13–16 μm. No lichen products were detected in the species using thin-layer chromatography.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Trypetheliales |
| Family: | Trypetheliaceae |
| Genus: | Astrothelium |
| Species: | A. trypethelioides
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| Astrothelium trypethelioides Aptroot (2016)
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References
edit- ^ Aptroot, André; Ertz, Damien; Etayo Salazar, Javier Angel; Gueidan, Cécile; Mercado Diaz, Joel Alejandro; Schumm, Felix; Weerakoon, Gothamie (2016). "Forty-six new species of Trypetheliaceae from the tropics". The Lichenologist. 48 (6): 609–638. doi:10.1017/s002428291600013x. S2CID 89128070.
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