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Myriotrema whalleyanum

Myriotrema whalleyanum is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Graphidaceae. Found in Thailand, it was formally described as a new species in 2002 by lichenologists Natsurang Homchantara and Brian J. Coppins. The type specimen was collected from Doi Suthep National Park (Chiang Mai Province) at an elevation of ; it prefers growing on foliose lichens or mats of moss. The lichen has a smooth and shiny, pale straw-coloured thallus with a dense cortex and a white medulla. It makes large, colourless and thick-walled muriform (chambered) ascospores typically measuring 84–105.5 by 22.5–30.5 ÃŽÂ¼m. Myriotrema whalleyanum does not contain any lichen products. The specific epithet honours Anthony Whalley, emeritus professor at Liverpool John Moores University.

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