Astrothelium alboverrucoides is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae. Found in Indonesia, it was formally described as a new species in 2016 by Dutch lichenologist André Aptroot. The type specimen was collected near Kutacane (Sumatra) at an altitude of 800 m (2,600 ft); here, it was found in a rainforest growing on smooth bark. The lichen has a smooth and somewhat shiny, greyish green thallus with a cortex, which covers areas of up to 4 cm (1.6 in) in diameter. No lichen products were detected in the collected specimens.[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. alboverrucoides
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| Astrothelium alboverrucoides 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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