# Herpothallon minimum

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Species of lichen

Herpothallon minimum Scientific classification Kingdom: Fungi Division: Ascomycota Class: Arthoniomycetes Order: Arthoniales Family: Arthoniaceae Genus: Herpothallon Species: H. minimum Binomial name Herpothallon minimum Aptroot & Lücking (2009)

***Herpothallon minimum*** is a species of [corticolous](/source/Corticolous_lichen) (bark-dwelling), [crustose lichen](/source/Crustose_lichen) in the family [Arthoniaceae](/source/Arthoniaceae).[1] Originally described from specimens collected in [Costa Rica](/source/Costa_Rica), the lichen was [formally described](/source/Species_description) as new to science in 2009 by the lichenologists [André Aptroot](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Aptroot) and [Robert Lücking](/source/Robert_L%C3%BCcking). It is also found in Africa and South America, in lower-elevation mountainous [rainforests](/source/Rainforest). *Herpothallon minimum* is the only species of *[Herpothallon](/source/Herpothallon)* that produces the substance 2'-*O*-methylperlatolic acid as its major [secondary metabolite](/source/Secondary_metabolite).[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-CoL_1-0)** ["*Herpothallon minimum* Aptroot & Lücking"](https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/6LRK5). *[Catalogue of Life](/source/Catalogue_of_Life)*. [Species 2000](/source/Species_2000): Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 22 December 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Aptroot_et_al._2009_2-0)** Aptroot, André; Thor, Göran; Lücking, Robert; Elix, John A.; Chaves, J.L. (2009). "The lichen genus *Herpothallon* reinstated". In Aptroot, André; Seaward, Mark R.D.; Sparrius, Laurens B. (eds.). *Biodiversity and Ecology of Lichens: Liber Amicorum Harrie Sipman*. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. Vol. 99. J. Cramer. pp. 53–54. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-443-58078-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-443-58078-0).

Taxon identifiers Herpothallon minimum Wikidata: Q21268524 Wikispecies: Herpothallon minimum CoL: 6LRK5 GBIF: 8088793 iNaturalist: 1013458 IndexFungorum: 540578 MycoBank: 540578 Open Tree of Life: 5318361 SpeciesFungorum: 540578

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