Platythecium verrucoareolatum
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About
Platythecium verrucoareolatum is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) script lichen in the family Graphidaceae. Found in India, it was formally described as a new species in 2005 by Bharati Adawadkar and Urmila Vasudev Makhija. The type specimen was collected from a tropical montane forest in Kollaimalai. The lichen has a whitish or buff-coloured thallus that is verrucose, cracked, and areolate. The species epithet, which combines the Latin areolatus and verrucosus (warty), refers to these characteristic features. The ascomata are in the form of completely immersed lirellae that measure 0.4–0.8 mm long and occur in scattered groups.
- Family
- Graphidaceae
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- Name
- Platythecium verrucoareolatum
- Slug
- platythecium-verrucoareolatum
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Family
- Graphidaceae
- Genus
- Platythecium
- Species
- verrucoareolatum
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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