Chiodecton leprarioides

Chiodecton leprarioides is a species of lichen in the family Roccellaceae. Found in Réunion, it was described as a new species in 2021 by lichenologists Klaus Kalb and André Aptroot. The type was collected in the Cirque de Cilaos, on the climb towards the Col du Taïbit [fr], at an elevation of about 1,300 m (4,300 ft). Here it was found growing on tree bark in a secondary scrub forest. The specific epithet leprarioides refers to the farinose (mealy) soredia that cover the lichen thallus.[1]

Chiodecton leprarioides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Arthoniomycetes
Order: Arthoniales
Family: Roccellaceae
Genus: Chiodecton
Species:
C. leprarioides
Binomial name
Chiodecton leprarioides
Kalb & Aptroot (2021)

References

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  1. ^ Kalb, Klaus; Aptroot, André (2021). "New lichens from Africa" (PDF). Archive for Lichenology. 28: 1–12.