Cliostomum falklandicum
| Cliostomum falklandicum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Ramalinaceae |
| Genus: | Cliostomum |
| Species: | C. falklandicum
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| Binomial name | |
| Cliostomum falklandicum Fryday & Coppins (2012)
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Cliostomum falklandicum is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) crustose lichen in the family Ramalinaceae.[1] Found on the Falkland Islands, it was described as a new species in 2012 by Alan Fryday and Brian John Coppins. It has a dispersed thallus with only atranorin as its sole lichen product.[2]
References
- ^ "Cliostomum falklandicum Fryday & Coppins". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ Fryday, Alan M.; Øvstedal, Dag O. (2012). "New species, combinations and records of lichenized fungi from the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)". The Lichenologist. 44 (4): 483–500. doi:10.1017/s0024282912000163.