Opeltiella fruticans
| Opeltiella fruticans | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Candelariomycetes |
| Order: | Candelariales |
| Family: | Candelariaceae |
| Genus: | Opeltiella |
| Species: | O. fruticans
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| Binomial name | |
| Opeltiella fruticans | |
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Opeltiella fruticans is a species of lichen in the family Candelariaceae. Described as a new species in 1974 (as Candelaria fruticans), it is a small shrubby, soil-dwelling lichen with ascending lobes. It is known from Venezuela and from Costa Rica, Peru, Kenya and South Africa; although the type material is terricolous/muscicolous, most other records are corticolous (bark-dwelling) on woody hosts at mid- to high elevations.