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Epilithic Lichens in the Beacon Sandstone Formation, Victoria Land, Antarctica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2007

M. E. Hale
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, U.S.A.

Abstract

The epilithic lichen flora on the Beacon sandstone formation in Victoria Land consists of seven species: Acarospora gwynniiDodge & Rudolph, Buellia grisea Dodge & Baker, B. pallida Dodge & Baker, Carbonea capsulata (Dodge & Baker) Hale comb, nov., Lecanora fuscobrunnea Dodge & Baker, Leaded cancriformis Dodge & Baker, and L. siplei Dodge & Baker. The typification of the species is given along with descriptions and distribution in Antarctica.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 1987

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