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Chiodecton lichexanthonicum

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Chiodecton lichexanthonicum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Arthoniomycetes
Order: Arthoniales
Family: Roccellaceae
Genus: Chiodecton
Species:
C. lichexanthonicum
Binomial name
Chiodecton lichexanthonicum
M.Cáceres & Aptroot (2017)

Chiodecton lichexanthonicum is a species of crustose and corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Roccellaceae. Found in the Brazilian Amazon, it was formally described as a new species in 2017 by lichenologists Marcela Eugenia da Silva Cáceres and André Aptroot. The type was collected by the authors from the Adolfo Ducke Forest Reserve (Manaus, Amazonas), along trails near a field station; here, in old-growth rainforest, it was found growing on tree bark. The specific epithet lichexanthonicum refers to its major cortical compound, lichexanthone. It is the first species in genus Chiodecton known to contain this compound. Chiodecton lichexanthonicum has narrow, club-shaped ascospores with seven septa that measure 30–34 by 2.5–3.5 μm.[1]

References

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  1. ^ da Silva Cáceres, Marcela Eugenia; Aptroot, André (2017). "Lichens from the Brazilian Amazon, with special reference to the genus Astrothelium". The Bryologist. 120 (2): 166–182. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-120.2.166. S2CID 89775760.