View source for Multiclavula caput-serpentis

{{Short description|Species of lichen}}
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'''''Multiclavula caput-serpentis''''' is a species of [[terricolous lichen|terricolous]] (ground-dwelling) [[basidiolichen]] in the family [[Hydnaceae]]. Found in [[Panama]], it was [[species description|formally described]] as a new species in 2021 by Hermine Lotz-Winter and Kai Reschke. The [[type (biology)|type specimen]] was collected between [[Cerro Punta, Chiriquí|Cerro Punta]] and [[Bajo Boquete]] ([[Sendero Los Quetzales]], [[Chiriquí Province]]) at an elevation of {{convert|2350|m|ft|abbr=on}}; here, in a [[cloud forest]] on the north slopes of the [[Volcán Barú]], it was found growing on moist, loamy soil. The [[botanical name|species epithet]], which combines the [[Latin]] roots ''caput'' ("head") and ''serpens'' ("snake"), alludes to the shape of the fruitbodies.<ref name="Reschke et al. 2021"/>
==References==
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<ref name="Reschke et al. 2021">{{cite journal |last1=Reschke |first1=Kai |last2=Lotz-Winter |first2=Hermine |last3=Fischer |first3=Christian W. |last4=Hofmann |first4=Tina A. |last5=Piepenbring |first5=Meike |title=New and interesting species of Agaricomycetes from Panama |journal=Phytotaxa |volume=529 |issue=1 |year=2021 |doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.529.1.1 |pages=1–26|s2cid=245612219 }}</ref>
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[[Category:Hydnaceae]]
[[Category:Lichen species]]
[[Category:Lichens described in 2021]]
[[Category:Lichens of Central America]]
[[Category:Basidiolichens]]
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