Pilophorus fruticosus is a species of lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. Found in China, it was formally described as a new species in 2011 by Li-Song Wang and Xin-Yu Wang. The type specimen was collected on the Cangshan Mountain (Dali County, Yunnan) at an elevation of 3,570 m (11,710 ft); here, the lichen was found growing on rock. The lichen has only been recorded from here and another locality in Yunnan, at a similar altitude. It contains the secondary chemicals atranorin and zeorin. The specific epithet fruticosus refers to the form of the lichen's pseudopodetia.[1]

Pilophorus fruticosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Cladoniaceae
Genus: Pilophorus
Species:
P. fruticosus
Binomial name
Pilophorus fruticosus
Li S.Wang & Xin Y.Wang (2011)

References

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  1. ^ Wang, Xin Yu; Joshi, Yogesh; Oh, Soon Ok; Hur, Jae-Seoun; Wang, Li Song (2011). "Pilophorus fruticosus (Cladoniaceae), a new species from south-western China". The Lichenologist. 43 (2): 137–140. doi:10.1017/s0024282910000782. S2CID 86580604.