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Thelotrema lepadinum
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Thelotrema lepadinum is a species of crustose lichen in the family Graphidaceae. Commonly known as bark barnacles, it forms a greyish crust on tree bark, dotted with numerous small, urn-shaped fruiting bodies that have distinctive white-rimmed openings. The lichen is found worldwide on smooth-barked deciduous trees, and in Europe it serves as an indicator of ancient woodland due to its preference for long-undisturbed forests. First described by the Swedish lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1799, the species has been reclassified multiple times throughout its taxonomic history.
- Family
- Graphidaceae
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- Name
- Thelotrema lepadinum
- Slug
- thelotrema-lepadinum
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Family
- Graphidaceae
- Genus
- Thelotrema
- Species
- lepadinum
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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