Astrothelium pyrenuliforme | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Dothideomycetes |
Order: | Trypetheliales |
Family: | Trypetheliaceae |
Genus: | Astrothelium |
Species: | A. pyrenuliforme
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Binomial name | |
Astrothelium pyrenuliforme Flakus &
Aptroot (2016)
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Astrothelium pyrenuliforme is a 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 by the first author from Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area ( Cordillera Province, Santa Cruz Department) at an altitude of 340 m (1,120 ft), where it was found growing on bark in a Chiquitano dry forest. It is only known to occur at the type locality. The species epithet pyrenuliforme refers to its resemblance to genus Pyrenula. [1]