Herpothallon is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Arthoniaceae. It has about 50 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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