Herpothallon capilliferum is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Arthoniaceae. Found in China, it was formally described as a new species in 2022 by Pengfei Chen and Lulu Zhang. The type was collected from Dayang Lake Nature Reserve (Jingning County, Zhejiang) at an elevation of 1,405 m (4,610 ft); here the lichen was found growing on Nyssa sinensis. The main characteristics of the species are the presence of norstictic acid as a major lichen product, and the projecting hyphae of the pseudisidia. The species epithet capilliferum refers to this latter characteristic.[1]
| Herpothallon capilliferum | |
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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. capilliferum
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| Herpothallon capilliferum P.F.Chen & L.L.Zhang (2022)
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References
edit- ^ Chen, Pengfei; Liu, Linlin; Xie, Congmiao; Zhang, Lulu (2022). "Four new species of Herpothallon (Arthoniaceae, Arthoniales, Arthoniomycetes, Ascomycota) from China". Phytotaxa. 536 (1): 83–91. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.536.1.5. S2CID 247068581.
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