| Crypthonia lichexanthonica | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
| Order: | Arthoniales |
| Family: | Arthoniaceae |
| Genus: | Crypthonia |
| Species: | C. lichexanthonica
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| Binomial name | |
| Crypthonia lichexanthonica A.A.Menezes, M.Cáceres &
Aptroot (2013)
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Crypthonia lichexanthonica is a species of crustose and corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Arthoniaceae. Found in Brazil, it was formally described as a new species in 2013 by Aline Anjos Menezes, Marcela Eugenia da Silva Cáceres, and André Aptroot. The type specimen was collected from the Chapada do Araripe ( Ceará), at an altitude of 900 m (3,000 ft). Here, in Caatinga forest, it was found growing on the smooth bark of a tree. Crypthonia lichexanthonica is the only species in its genus to contain lichexanthone, a secondary chemical that causes the lichen to fluoresce yellow when shone with a UV light. [1]
References
- ^ Menezes, Aline Anjos; Xavier-Leite, Amanda Barreto; de Jesus, Katia Almeida; Aptroot, André; Cáceres, Marcela Eugenia da Silva (2013). "Two new Crypthonia species and a new Syncesia from Chapada do Araripe, Ceará, NE Brazil (Ascomycota: Arthoniales), with a key to Crypthonia". The Lichenologist. 45 (5): 657–664. doi: 10.1017/s0024282913000406. S2CID 85200384.
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