Astrothelium inspersoconicum
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| Astrothelium inspersoconicum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Trypetheliales |
| Family: | Trypetheliaceae |
| Genus: | Astrothelium |
| Species: | A. inspersoconicum |
| Binomial name | |
| Astrothelium inspersoconicum | |
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Astrothelium inspersoconicum is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae.[2] Found in Sri Lanka, it was described as a new species in 2018.
The species was officially described by the lichenologists André Aptroot and Gothamie Weerakoon in 2018. The type specimen was collected by the second author in the Runakanda – Maguru Ganga area of Sri Lanka, at an elevation of 249 m (817 ft). The epithet inspersoconicum reflects the unique combination of an inspersed hamathecium and its association with the conicum-aggregate group within the genus Astrothelium, which is a rare feature in this group.[1]