| Astrothelium bullatum | |
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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. bullatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Astrothelium bullatum Flakus &
Aptroot (2016)
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Astrothelium bullatum is a rare species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae. Found in Bolivia, it was formally described as a new species in 2016 by lichenologists Adam Flakus and André Aptroot. The type specimen was collected in the Cotapata National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area ( La Paz Department) at an altitude of 1,700 m (5,600 ft); there, in a mountainous Yungas cloud forest, it was found growing on bark. It is only known to occur at the type locality. The lichen has a strongly bullate (convex and swollen) thallus, and it is this feature to which the species epithet bullatum refers. [1]
References
- ^ Flakus, Adam; Kukwa, Martin; Aptroot, André (2016). "Trypetheliaceae of Bolivia: an updated checklist with descriptions of twenty-four new species". The Lichenologist. 48 (6): 661–692. doi: 10.1017/s0024282915000559.
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