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Dictyonema umbricola
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About
Dictyonema umbricola is a species of basidiolichen in the family Hygrophoraceae. It was described as a new species in 2022 by the Venezuelan lichenologist Vicente Marcano. The holotype was collected by Marcano and L. Castillo on 15 June 2020 from the cloud forests of Raiz de Agua in Mérida National Park, Mérida, Venezuela. The specimen, designated as Marcano & Castillo 20-91, is housed in the herbarium of the Universidad de Los Andes (MER). The lichen was found growing on mosses in shady and humid rainforest.
- Family
- Hygrophoraceae
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- Name
- Dictyonema umbricola
- Slug
- dictyonema-umbricola
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Family
- Hygrophoraceae
- Genus
- Dictyonema
- Species
- umbricola
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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