Species of lichen
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Diorygma antillarum is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Graphidaceae. It is common and widespread in the Neotropical realm, primarily found on trees in the shady understory and in slightly illuminated habitats of lowland to montane rainforests. It produces norstictic acid and salazinic acid.
Taxonomy.
The lichen was first formally described as a new species in 1915 by the Finnish lichenologist Edvard August Vainio, who initially classified it in the genus "Chiodecton". The type specimen was collected in 1803 by the American botanist Stephen Elliott from the Laudat Mountain in the Lesser Antilles (now Dominica) at an elevation of . André Aptroot, Robert Lücking, and Göran Thor proposed a transfer to "Herpothallon" when they resurrected that genus in 2009.
The genus "Herpothallon" typically includes crustose- ;dfn id="" ;byssoid ;/dfn ; species with a ;dfn id="" ;heteromerous ;/dfn ; thallus and isidia-like structures. These structures, while superficially resembling true isidia, lack ;dfn id="" ;cortices ;/dfn ; and thus referred to as isidia-like. "Herpothallon" species are mostly sterile, with mature asci known from only a few taxa. Molecular data has shown that "H. antillarum" does not align closely with the type species of "Herpothallon" ("H. rubrocinctum") in the family Arthoniaceae. Instead, "H. antillarum" is closely related to species within the genus "Diorygma" (Graphidaceae). The presence of a ;dfn id="" ;carbonised ;/dfn ;, fragile ;dfn id="" ;hypothallus ;/dfn ; in "H. antillarum", a feature common in "Diorygma" species, along with its production of salazinic and norstictic acids, supports this reclassification. These chemical compounds are not typical for "Herpothallon" but are found in "Diorygma". Further phylogenetic analyses confirmed that "H. antillarum" belongs to the Graphidaceae, specifically within the subfamily Graphidoideae. For these reasons, Matthew Nelsen, Lücking, and Eimy Rivas Plata transferred the taxon to "Diorygma" in 2012.
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