''Bathelium inspersomastoideum'' is a species of
corticolous (bark-dwelling)
lichen
A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.[Trypetheliaceae
The Trypetheliaceae are a family of mainly lichen-forming fungi in the order Trypetheliales.
Genera
*'' Alloarthopyrenia'' – 1 sp.
*''Aptrootia'' – 3 spp.
*'' Architrypethelium'' – 8 spp.
*''Astrothelium'' – ca. 275 spp.
*'' Bathel ...]
. Found in Bolivia, it was
formally described as a new species in 2016 by lichenologists Adam Flakus and
André Aptroot
André Aptroot (Heemskerk, 1961) is a Dutch mycologist and lichenologist.
In 1993 he did his PhD at the University of Utrecht under the supervision of Robbert Gradstein (nl). His dissertation was titled "Systematic studies on pyrenocarpous li ...
. The
type specimen was collected from Plan de Manejo AISU in the
Rios Blanco y Negro Wildlife Reserve (
Guarayos Province
Guarayos is a province in the northwestern parts of the Bolivian Santa Cruz Department.
Location
Guarayos is one of fifteen provinces in the Santa Cruz Department. It borders Beni Department in the north and northwest, Ichilo Province and Obis ...
,
Santa Cruz Department) at an altitude of ; there, it was found growing on bark in a lowland
Amazon forest
The Amazon rainforest, Amazon jungle or ; es, Selva amazónica, , or usually ; french: Forêt amazonienne; nl, Amazoneregenwoud. In English, the names are sometimes capitalized further, as Amazon Rainforest, Amazon Forest, or Amazon Jungle. ...
. It is only known to occur in this and similar habitats in Bolivia. The
species epithet '' '' refers to both its inspersed hamathecium (i.e., interpenetrated with granules) and its resemblance to ''
B. mastoideum''.
References
Trypetheliaceae
Lichen species
Lichens described in 2016
Lichens of Bolivia
Taxa named by André Aptroot
Taxa named by Adam Grzegorz Flakus
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