Herpothallon cinereum is a little-known species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Arthoniaceae.[1] Found in Venezuela, it was formally described as new to science in 2009 by the lichenologist Göran Thor. It contains confluentic acid as its major lichen product. The lichen is only known to occur at its type locality in a tropical rainforest in Sierra Portuguesa (Lara) at an elevation of about 1,000 m (3,300 ft).[2]
| Herpothallon cinereum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
| Order: | Arthoniales |
| Family: | Arthoniaceae |
| Genus: | Herpothallon |
| Species: | H. cinereum
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| Binomial name | |
| Herpothallon cinereum G.Thor (2009)
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References
edit- ^ "Herpothallon cinereum G. Thor". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ Aptroot, André; Thor, Göran; Lücking, Robert; Elix, John A.; Chaves, J.L. (2009). "The lichen genus Herpothallon reinstated". In Aptroot, André; Seaward, Mark R.D.; Sparrius, Laurens B. (eds.). Biodiversity and Ecology of Lichens: Liber Amicorum Harrie Sipman. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. Vol. 99. J. Cramer. pp. 34–35. ISBN 978-3-443-58078-0.
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