Multiclavula caput-serpentis

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Multiclavula caput-serpentis is a species of terricolous (ground-dwelling) basidiolichen in the family Hydnaceae. Found in Panama, it was formally described as a new species in 2021 by Hermine Lotz-Winter and Kai Reschke. The type specimen was collected between 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 species epithet, which combines the Latin roots caput ("head") and serpens ("snake"), alludes to the shape of the fruitbodies.

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{{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 }}

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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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