Dictyonema yunnanum
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| Dictyonema yunnanum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Hygrophoraceae |
| Genus: | Dictyonema |
| Species: | D. yunnanum |
| Binomial name | |
| Dictyonema yunnanum D.Liu, X.Y.Wang & Li S.Wang (2018) | |
Dictyonema yunnanum is a little-known species of basidiolichen in the family Hygrophoraceae.[1] Found in a tropical area in Southwestern China, this species is characterised by its filamentous, micro-fruticulose thallus. A main distinguishing feature is the presence of erect fibrils with silvery or white tips.
The species was formally described in 2018 by Dong Liu, Xin-Yu Wang, and Li-Song Wang. It was given the species epithet referring to its type locality in Yunnan, China. The type specimen, collected from Mengsuo Dragon Pond Park (in Pu'er City) was found growing on moss, which itself was growing on bark. It is differentiated from D. thelephora by its erect fibrils with silvery or white tips. It is distinguished from other Dictyonema species by various morphological traits, such as its filamentous thallus, the absence of clamp connections in the hyphae, and specific features of its photobiont filaments.[2]