Talk:Cryptothecia rubrocincta

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January 4, 2010	Good article nominee	Listed

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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the red pigment of the Christmas wreath lichen (pictured) is one of several chemicals that help the organism survive inhospitable environments?

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Name Change[edit]

According to Index Fungorum/Species Fungorum, the currently accpeted name for this taxon is Herpthallon rubrocinctum. http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=540586 Not sure it is worth changing the name of this article or just mention it somewhere in the text. TelosCricket (talk) 19:55, 6 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This name is now deprecated..[edit]

This lichen is now placed under the name Herpothallon rubrocinctum:) 2600:1006:B149:27D9:191E:877F:18FB:6DA3 (talk) 04:32, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Change of genus noted; article update now on the to-do list at Wikipedia:WikiProject Fungi/Lichen task force. Esculenta (talk) 21:08, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]