''Lichinodium ahlneri'' is a species of

filamentous lichen Lichens are symbiotic organisms made up of multiple species: a fungus, one or more photobionts (an alga and/or a cyanobacteria) and sometimes a yeast. They are regularly grouped by their external appearance – a characteristic known as their gro ...

belonging to the family Lichinodiaceae. Described as a new species in 1963 by

Aino Henssen Aino Marjatta Henssen (12 April 1925, Elberfeld – 29 August 2011, Marburg), was a German lichenologist and systematist. Her father, Gottfried Henssen, was a folklorist and her mother was Finnish. Education and career Henssen began her studies ...

, the

specific epithet In Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin gramm ...

honours Swedish lichenologist Sten Ahlner. It is native to Northern Europe and Northern America.

References

Leotiomycetes Lichen species Lichens described in 1963 Taxa named by Aino Henssen Lichens of Northern Europe Lichens of North America {{Leotiomycetes-stub