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Botryolepraria, a New Monotypic Genus Segregated From Lepraria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2007

A. Canals
Affiliation:
Departament de Biologia Vegetal, Unitat de Botànica, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal, 645, 08028—Barcelona, Spain
M. Hernández-Mariné
Affiliation:
Laboratori de Botànica, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal s/n, 08028—Barcelona, Spain
A. Gómez-Bolea
Affiliation:
Departament de Biologia Vegetal, Unitat de Botànica, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal, 645, 08028—Barcelona, Spain
X. Llimona
Affiliation:
Departament de Biologia Vegetal, Unitat de Botànica, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal, 645, 08028—Barcelona, Spain

Abstract

The monotypic genus Botryolepraria Canals et al. is described. The type species, B. lesdainii (Hue) Canals et al. is a sterile, cottony, pale green lichen, made of hyphae supporting subterminal bunches of chlorophycean algae.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 1997

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