Herpothallon minimum

{{Short description|Species of lichen}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Herpothallon minimum | authority = [[André Aptroot|Aptroot]] & [[Robert Lücking|Lücking]] (2009) }}

'''''Herpothallon minimum''''' is a species of [[corticolous lichen|corticolous]] (bark-dwelling), [[crustose lichen]] in the family [[Arthoniaceae]].<ref name="CoL"/> Originally described from specimens collected in [[Costa Rica]], the lichen was [[species description|formally described]] as new to science in 2009 by the lichenologists [[André Aptroot]] and [[Robert Lücking]]. It is also found in Africa and South America, in lower-elevation mountainous [[rainforest]]s. ''Herpothallon minimum'' is the only species of ''[[Herpothallon]]'' that produces the substance 2'-''O''-methylperlatolic acid as its major [[secondary metabolite]].<ref name="Aptroot et al. 2009"/>

==References== {{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="CoL">{{Catalogue of Life |id=6LRK5 |title=''Herpothallon minimum'' Aptroot & Lücking|access-date=22 December 2023}}</ref>

<ref name="Aptroot et al. 2009">{{cite book |last1=Aptroot |first1=André |last2=Thor |first2=Göran |last3=Lücking |first3=Robert |last4=Elix |first4=John A. |last5=Chaves |first5=J.L. |year=2009 |chapter=The lichen genus ''Herpothallon'' reinstated |series=Bibliotheca Lichenologica |title=Biodiversity and Ecology of Lichens: Liber Amicorum Harrie Sipman |editor-last1=Aptroot |editor-first1=André |editor-last2=Seaward |editor-first2=Mark R.D. |editor-last3=Sparrius |editor-first3=Laurens B. |volume=99 |pages=53–54 |publisher=J. Cramer |isbn=978-3-443-58078-0}}</ref>

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[[Category:Herpothallon|minimum]] [[Category:Lichen species]] [[Category:Lichens described in 2009]] [[Category:Lichens of Africa]] [[Category:Lichens of Central America]] [[Category:Lichens of South America]] [[Category:Taxa named by André Aptroot]] [[Category:Taxa named by Robert Lücking]]