''Fibrillithecis sprucei'' is a species of
lichen in the family
Thelotremataceae
The Thelotremataceae are a family of lichenized fungi in the order Ostropales.
Genera
*''Acanthotrema''
*''Chapsa''
*''Chroodiscus''
*''Diploschistes''
*'' Fibrillithecis''
*''Gyrotrema''
*''Ingvariella''
*'' Leptotrema''
*'' Leucodecton''
*'' ...
. It was
described as new to science in 2011. Found in Brazil, the
specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
''sprucei'' honors botanist
Richard Spruce
Richard Spruce (10 September 1817 – 28 December 1893) was an English botanist specializing in bryology. One of the great Victorian botanical explorers, Spruce spent 15 years exploring the Amazon from the Andes to its mouth, and was one of the ...
.
References
Ostropales
Lichen species
Lichens described in 2011
Lichens of Brazil
Taxa named by Helge Thorsten Lumbsch
Taxa named by Robert Lücking
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