''Herpothallon capilliferum'' is a species of
corticolous (bark-dwelling),
crustose lichen in the family
Arthoniaceae
The Arthoniaceae are a family of lichenized, lichenicolous and saprobic fungi in the order Arthoniales. The Arthoniaceae is the largest family of Arthoniales, with around 800 species. Most species in Arthoniaceae belong in '' Arthonia'' which is ...
. Found in China, it was
formally described as a new species in 2022 by Pengfei Chen and Lulu Zhang. The
type
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was collected from Dayang Lake Nature Reserve (
Jingning County,
Zhejiang) at an elevation of ; here the lichen was found growing on ''
Nyssa sinensis
''Nyssa sinensis'' (Chinese tupelo) is a species of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae (or Nyssaceae), native to China and Vietnam. Growing to tall and wide, it is a broadly conical deciduous tree, with oval leaves long, which turn brillia ...
''. The main characteristics of the species are the presence of
norstictic acid as a major
lichen product, and the projecting
hypha
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Structure
A hypha consists of one or ...
e of the
pseudisidia. The
species epithet ''capilliferum'' refers to this latter characteristic.
References
capilliferum
Lichen species
Lichens described in 2022
Lichens of China
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