Cliostomum falklandicum

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Cliostomum falklandicum
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Ramalinaceae
Genus: Cliostomum
Species:
C. falklandicum
Binomial name
Cliostomum falklandicum
Fryday & Coppins (2012)

Cliostomum falklandicum is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) crustose lichen in the family Ramalinaceae. [1] Found on the Falkland Islands, it was described as a new species in 2012 by Alan Fryday and Brian John Coppins. It has a dispersed thallus with only atranorin as its sole lichen product. [2]

References

  1. "Cliostomum falklandicum Fryday & Coppins". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  2. Fryday, Alan M.; Øvstedal, Dag O. (2012). "New species, combinations and records of lichenized fungi from the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)". The Lichenologist. 44 (4): 483–500. doi:10.1017/s0024282912000163.