Dictyonema subsericeum
| Dictyonema subsericeum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Hygrophoraceae |
| Genus: | Dictyonema |
| Species: | D. subsericeum |
| Binomial name | |
| Dictyonema subsericeum Marcano (2022) | |
Dictyonema subsericeum is a species of basidiolichen in the family Hygrophoraceae.[1] It was described as a new species in 2022 by the Venezuelan lichenologist Vicente Marcano. The holotype was collected by Marcano and L. Castillo on 5 June 2020 from the cloud forests of Raiz de Agua in Mérida National Park (Parque Sierra Nevada de Mérida), Mérida, Venezuela. The specimen, designated as Marcano & Castillo 20-84, is housed in the herbarium of the Universidad de Los Andes (MER). The lichen was found growing epiphytically on branches in the rainforest canopy.[2]
References
- ^ "Dictyonema subsericeum V. Marcano". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
- ^ Marcano, Vicente (2022). "Eight new species of lichenized Basidiomycota in the genera Acantholichen, Cyphellostereum and Dictyonema s.str. (Agaricales, Hygrophoraceae) from northern South America". Phytotaxa. 574 (3): 199–225. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.574.3.1.