Viridothelium ustulatum

Viridothelium ustulatum is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae. Found in Brazil, it was formally described as a new species in 2017 by Marcela Eugenia da Silva Cáceres and André Aptroot. The type specimen was collected by the authors along a trail near a field station in the Adolfo Ducke Forest Reserve (Manaus); here it was found growing on tree bark in old-growth rainforest. The thallus of the lichen is dull olive-green, and lacks a prothallus. The species epithet refers to the black pseudostromata (a stroma in which fungal cells and remnants of host tissue are mixed). Ascospores number eight per ascus, have three septa, and measure 17–20 by 6.5–7.5 μm. Viridothelium ustulatum does not react to any of the standard chemical spot tests, and a chemical analysis with thin-layer chromatography did not find any secondary chemicals.[1]

Viridothelium ustulatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Trypetheliales
Family: Trypetheliaceae
Genus: Viridothelium
Species:
V. ustulatum
Binomial name
Viridothelium ustulatum
M.Cáceres & Aptroot (2017)

References

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  1. ^ da Silva Cáceres, Marcela Eugenia; Aptroot, André (2017). "Lichens from the Brazilian Amazon, with special reference to the genus Astrothelium". The Bryologist. 120 (2): 166–182. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-120.2.166. S2CID 89775760.