Astrothelium trypethelioides

Astrothelium trypethelioides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Trypetheliales
Family:	Trypetheliaceae
Genus:	Astrothelium
Species:	A. trypethelioides
Binomial name
	Astrothelium trypethelioides; Aptroot (2016)

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 [es], 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]

References

^ 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 89128070.609-638&rft.date=2016&rft_id=info:doi/10.1017/s002428291600013x&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:89128070#id-name=S2CID&rft.aulast=Aptroot&rft.aufirst=André&rft.au=Ertz, Damien&rft.au=Etayo Salazar, Javier Angel&rft.au=Gueidan, Cécile&rft.au=Mercado Diaz, Joel Alejandro&rft.au=Schumm, Felix&rft.au=Weerakoon, Gothamie&rft_id=https://doi.org/10.1017%2Fs002428291600013x&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Astrothelium trypethelioides" class="Z3988">

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