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Polymeridium costaricense

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Polymeridium costaricense is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae. Found in Costa Rica and Brazil, it was formally described as a new species in 2013 by Dutch lichenologist André Aptroot. The lichen bears a resemblance to Polymeridium chioneum but is differentiated by its non-fluorescent thallus under ultraviolet light (UV−). The type specimen of P. costaricense was collected in Palo Verde National Park, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, along the trail to Rio Tempisque, growing on tree bark. The type specimen of P. costaricense was initially reported and illustrated as P. chioneum by Aptroot and colleagues in 2008. Additional specimens have been examined from Chapada do Araraipe, Ceará, Brazil.