Lithothelium echinatum

Lithothelium echinatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Pyrenulales
Family: Pyrenulaceae
Genus: Lithothelium
Species:
L. echinatum
Binomial name
Lithothelium echinatum
Aptroot (2006)

Lithothelium echinatum is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) lichen in the family Pyrenulaceae. Found in China, it was formally described as a new species in 2006 by Dutch lichenologist André Aptroot. The type specimen was collected by the author in Green Stone Park (Xishuangbanna, Yunnan) at an altitude of 600 m (2,000 ft); here, the pale green, thin crust was found growing on limestone. Lithothelium echinatum is the only species in genus Lithothelium that has echinate ascospores (i.e., with pointed spines).[1]

References

  1. ^ Aptroot, André (2006). "Three new species of Lithothelium (Pyrenulaceae) from China and Thailand, with a revised world key and annotated list of species". The Lichenologist. 38 (6): 541–548. doi:10.1017/s0024282906005913.


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