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Heteroacanthella ellipsospora sp. nov., the first lichenicolous basidiomycete with acanthoid basidia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2014

Juan Carlos ZAMORA
Affiliation:
Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Plaza de Murillo 2, E-28014 Madrid, Spain. Email: [email protected]
Sergio PÉREZ-ORTEGA
Affiliation:
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Serrano 115 dpdo., E-28006 Madrid, Spain
Víctor J. RICO
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biología Vegetal II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain

Abstract

Heteroacanthella ellipsospora is described as new to science. It is the only known lichenicolous Heteroacanthella, always found parasitizing apothecia and the surrounding thallus of the crustose epiphytic lichen Lecanora carpinea. The new parasite has so far only been found in two Spanish provinces, Jaén and Madrid. The shape and size of its basidiospores, the basidia with acanthoid ornamentation, acanthohyphidia, as well as its parasitic lichenicolous habitat, with a replacement of host tissues by the parasite hymenium, are useful diagnostic characters.

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Copyright © British Lichen Society 2014 

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