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Herpothallon Isidiatum
''Herpothallon'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Arthoniaceae. It has about 50 species. Taxonomy The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), 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). In 2009, ''Herpothallon'' was resurrected following a publication by André Aptroot, Göran Thor, Robert Lücking, and John Alan Elix, John Elix, in which they recognized 29 species worldwide. The type species is now known as ''Herpothallon rubrocinctum'', or in the common name, vernacular as the "Christmas lichen". Description ''Herpothallon'' is characterized by the byssoid lichen, byssoid (a wispy or cottony texture) prothallus (i.e., the first purely fungal layer upon which an a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herpothallon Rubrocinctum
''Herpothallon'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Arthoniaceae. It has about 50 species. Taxonomy The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), 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). In 2009, ''Herpothallon'' was resurrected following a publication by André Aptroot, Göran Thor, Robert Lücking, and John Alan Elix, John Elix, in which they recognized 29 species worldwide. The type species is now known as ''Herpothallon rubrocinctum'', or in the common name, vernacular as the "Christmas lichen". Description ''Herpothallon'' is characterized by the byssoid lichen, byssoid (a wispy or cottony texture) prothallus (i.e., the first purely fungal layer upon which an a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
