Herpothallon is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Arthoniaceae. It has about 50 species.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
| Order: | Arthoniales |
| Family: | Arthoniaceae |
| Genus: | Herpothallon Tobler (1937) |
| Type species | |
| Herpothallon sanguineum (Vain.) Tobler (1937)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Taxonomy
editThe genus was circumscribed in 1930 by German lichenologist Friedrich Tobler, with Herpothallon sanguineum assigned as the type species. Tobler erroneously believed that the fungus was a member of the Basidiomycota.[3][4] After it was recognized as an ascolichen, it was referred to either Chiodecton (family Roccellaceae) or Cryptothecia (family Arthoniaceae).[5]
In 2009, Herpothallon was resurrected following a publication by André Aptroot, Göran Thor, Robert Lücking, and John Elix, in which they recognized 29 species worldwide.[6] The type species is now known as Herpothallon rubrocinctum,[7] or in the vernacular as the "Christmas lichen".[8]
Description
editHerpothallon is characterized by the byssoid (a wispy or cottony texture) prothallus (i.e., the first purely fungal layer upon which an algae-containing thallus develops) and hypothallus (i.e., a growth of undifferentiated purely fungal mycelium present as a distinct layer on the underside of the thallus). The texture of the thallus is somewhat felt-like, and its form is heteromerous, meaning that more or less distinct tissues are present, in particular, the mycobiont and photobiont components occur in well-marked layers, with the photobiont in a more or less distinct zone between the upper cortex and the medulla. Another thallus feature common to all species is the felty pseudoisidia; these are isidia-like outgrowths that, unlike true isidia, lack internal differentiation and have no distinct cortex. The thallus also has pustules (blister-like elevations), and granules ranging in form and size from soredia-like to minute. The photobiont partner of the Herpothallon lichen is from Trentepohlia, a genus of green algae.[9] In Herpothallon, the asci do not develop in true ascomata. Only two members of the genus, H. fertile and H. inopinatum, are known to be fertile.[10]
Species
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As of July 2024[update], Species Fungorum accepts 49 species of Herpothallon.[11]
- Herpothallon adnatum G.Thor (2009)[12]
- Herpothallon alae Sipman (2018)[13] – Vanuatu
- Herpothallon aurantiacoflavum (B.de Lesd.) Aptroot, Lücking & G.Thor (2009)[14]
- Herpothallon australasicum (Elix) Elix & G.Thor (2009)[15]
- Herpothallon biacidum Frisch, Elix & G.Thor (2010)[16] – Australia
- Herpothallon brialmonticum Aptroot & Elix (2009)[17]
- Herpothallon capilliferum P.F.Chen & L.L.Zhang (2022)[18] – China
- Herpothallon cinereum G.Thor (2009)[17]
- Herpothallon confluenticum Aptroot & Lücking (2009)[19]
- Herpothallon confusum G.Thor (2009)[20]
- Herpothallon corallinum G.Thor (2009)[21]
- Herpothallon coralloides Jagad.Ram (2014)[22] – Andaman Islands
- Herpothallon echinatum Aptroot, Lücking & Will-Wolf (2009)[23]
- Herpothallon elegans G.Thor (2009)[24]
- Herpothallon fertile Aptroot & Lücking (2009)[25]
- Herpothallon flavominutum Jagad.Ram, G.P.Sinha & Elix (2009)[9] – India
- Herpothallon furfuraceum G.Thor (2009)[26]
- Herpothallon glaucescens L.L.Liu & Lu L.Zhang (2023)[27] – China
- Herpothallon globosum G.Thor (2009)[28]
- Herpothallon globuliferum Jagad.Ram (2014)[22] – Andaman Islands
- Herpothallon granulare (Sipman) Aptroot & Lücking (2009)[29]
- Herpothallon granulosum Jagad.Ram & G.P.Sinha (2009)[5] – India
- Herpothallon himalayanum Jagad.Ram & G.P.Sinha (2009)[9] – India
- Herpothallon hypoprotocetraricum G.Thor (2009)[29]
- Herpothallon hyposticticum Bungartz & Elix (2013)[30] – Galápagos Islands
- Herpothallon inopinatum Frisch & G.Thor (2014)[10] – Mexico
- Herpothallon isidiatum Jagad.Ram & G.P.Sinha (2009)[5] – India
- Herpothallon japonicum (Zahlbr.) G.Thor (2009)[31]
- Herpothallon kigeziense Frisch & G.Thor (2013)[32] – Uganda
- Herpothallon lilacinum L.L.Liu & Lu L.Zhang (2023)[27] – China
- Herpothallon lutescens Jagad.Ram (2014)[22] – Andaman Islands
- Herpothallon minimum Aptroot & Lücking (2009)[33]
- Herpothallon minutum Jagad.Ram (2014)[22] – Andaman Islands
- Herpothallon nigroisidiatum G.Thor (2009)[34]
- Herpothallon philippinum (Vain.) Aptroot & Lücking (2009)[35]
- Herpothallon polyisidiatum P.F.Chen & L.L.Zhang (2022)[18] – China
- Herpothallon psorpseudisidiatum Aptroot, L.A.Santos & M.Cáceres (2024)[36] – Brazil
- Herpothallon purpureum Aptroot & M.F.Souza (2021)[37] – Brazil
- Herpothallon pustulatum G.Thor (2009)[38]
- Herpothallon queenslandicum (Elix) Elix (2009)[39]
- Herpothallon roseocinctum (Fr.) Aptroot, Lücking & G.Thor (2009)[40]
- Herpothallon rubrocinctoides (G.Thor) Aptroot, Lücking & G.Thor (2009)[41]
- Herpothallon rubrocinctum (Ehrenb.) Aptroot, Lücking & G.Thor (2009)[42]
- Herpothallon rubroechinatum Frisch & G.Thor (2010)[43]
- Herpothallon rubromaculatum G.Thor (2009)[44]
- Herpothallon saxorum Bungartz & Elix (2013)[30] – Galápagos Islands
- Herpothallon subglobosum P.F.Chen & L.L.Zhang (2022)[18] – China
- Herpothallon tomentosum L.L.Liu & Lu L.Zhang (2023)[27] – China
- Herpothallon tricolor Aptroot & M.Cáceres (2017)
- Herpothallon viridi-isidiatum P.F.Chen & L.L.Zhang (2022)[18] – China
- Herpothallon weii Y.L.Cheng & H.Y.Wang (2012)[45] – China
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Cited literature
edit- 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. 19–66. ISBN 978-3-443-58078-0.