Tylophoron hibernicum

Tylophoron hibernicum is a species of crustose lichen in the family Arthoniaceae. The species forms a thin, pale greyish-white crust dotted with small, rounded sporodochia that produce asexual spores. Originally described in 1979 as Blarneya hibernica based on Irish specimens, it was transferred to Tylophoron in 2011 following molecular and morphological studies that demonstrated Blarneya was nested within that genus. This bark-dwelling lichen grows on trees in humid forests and has a scattered pantropical to warm-temperate...