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Menegazzia subsimilis, a widespread sorediate lichen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2007

Jarle W. Bjerke
Jarle W. Bjerke
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tromsø, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway.
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Abstract

Studies of type specimens and other specimens of Menegazzia subsimilis and M. dissecta have shown that they are referable to the same taxon. Thus, M. dissecta is reduced to synonymy with M. subsimilis, which is characterized by lacerate soralia protruding from lobe apices or vertical lobules (protuberances), small perforations and the presence of the stictic acid complex in the medulla. It has 2-spored asci. The synonymy implies that M. subsimilis has a much wider distribution range than previously known. It is reported here from Oceania (Hawaii, Solomon Islands), Asia (Japan, Papua New Guinea, Russia), Europe (Austria, Germany, Portugal), South America (Ecuador, Peru), the Caribbean (Dominican Republic, Jamaica) and North America (Canada, USA).

Keywords

MenegazziaMenegazzia dissectaParmeliaceaesoraliasynonymy
Type
Research Article
Information
The Lichenologist , Volume 35 , Issue 5-6 , September 2003 , pp. 393 - 396
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 2003

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