Astrothelium alboverrucoides
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| Astrothelium alboverrucoides | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Trypetheliales |
| Family: | Trypetheliaceae |
| Genus: | Astrothelium |
| Species: | A. alboverrucoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Astrothelium alboverrucoides Aptroot (2016) | |
Astrothelium alboverrucoides is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae. Found in Indonesia, it was formally described as a new species in 2016 by Dutch lichenologist André Aptroot. The type specimen was collected near Kutacane (Sumatra) at an altitude of 800 m (2,600 ft); here, it was found in a rainforest growing on smooth bark. The lichen has a smooth and somewhat shiny, greyish green thallus with a cortex, which covers areas of up to 4 cm (1.6 in) in diameter. No lichen products were detected in the collected specimens.[1]