Abrothallus halei is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the family Abrothallaceae.[1] It was formally described as a new species in 2010 by lichenologists Sergio Pérez-Ortega, Ave Suija, David Leslie Hawksworth, and Rolf Santesson. The type specimen was collected by Cliff Wetmore east of Hare Lake (Superior National Forest, Minnesota) at an elevation of 550 m (1,800 ft); there it was found on the foliose lichen Lobaria quercizans, which itself was growing on the bark of Acer saccharum.[2] The fungus has also been collected in West Virginia, Maine, as well as in Norway.[3] The species epithet honours American lichenologist Mason Hale.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Abrothallales |
| Family: | Abrothallaceae |
| Genus: | Abrothallus |
| Species: | A. halei
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| Binomial name | |
| Abrothallus halei | |
References
edit- ^ "Abrothallus halei Pérez-Ort., Suija, D. Hawksw. & R. Sant". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- ^ a b Suija, Ave; Pérez-Ortega, Sergio; Hawksworth, David L. (2010). "Abrothallus halei (Ascomycota, incertae sedis), a new lichenicolous fungus on Lobaria species in Europe and North America". The Lichenologist. 43 (1): 51–55. doi:10.1017/S002428291000054X.
- ^ Suija, Ave; De los Ríos, Asunción; Pérez-Ortega, Sergio (2015). "A molecular reappraisal of Abrothallus species growing on lichens of the order Peltigerales". Phytotaxa. 195 (3): 201–226. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.195.3.1.
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