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Herpothallon
Sign in to saveHerpothallon is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Arthoniaceae. It has about 50 species.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassArthoniomycetes
- OrderArthoniales
- FamilyArthoniaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 88
- With media
- 17
- Family
- Arthoniaceae
- Collections
- US, UFS, DUKE, NY, WIS, UFRGS
- Recorded in
- Jamaica, Guyana, Brasil, France, United States, Australia, Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Arthoniaceae
- Image
- Cryptothecia rubrocincta-3.jpg
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- taxon name
- Herpothallon
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Herpothallon
- taxon author citation
- Tobler
- Commons category
- Herpothallon
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Species
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Herpothallon is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Arthoniaceae. It has about 50 species.
==Taxonomy== The genus was circumscribed in 1930 by German lichenologist Friedrich Tobler, with Herpothallon sanguineum assigned as the type species. Tobler erroneously believed that the fungus was a member of the Basidiomycota. After it was recognized as an ascolichen, it was referred to either Chiodecton (family Roccellaceae) or Cryptothecia (family Arthoniaceae).
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