Herpothallon nigroisidiatum is a little-known species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Arthoniaceae.[1] Found in Peru, it was formally described as new to science in 2009 by the lichenologist Göran Thor. It contains neodiffractic acid as its major lichen product, along with trace amounts of confluentic acid and chiodectonic acid. It is only known to occur at its type locality, which is a tropical rainforest in the Cordillera Escalera, San Martín. The species epithet nigroisidiatum refers to its pseudisidia, which have a black hypothallus that sometimes projects up into their inner parts and colours them black.[2]
| Herpothallon nigroisidiatum | |
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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. nigroisidiatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Herpothallon nigroisidiatum G.Thor (2009)
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References
edit- ^ "Herpothallon nigroisidiatum 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. 55–56. ISBN 978-3-443-58078-0.
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