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Kantvilasia (Lecanorales, Ectolechiaceae), A New Foliicolous Lichen Genus From Tasmania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2007

P. M. McCarthy ,
J. A. Elix  and
E. Sérusiaux
P. M. McCarthy
Affiliation:
Australian Biological Resources Study, GPO Box 787, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia
J. A. Elix
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, The Faculties, Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T. 0200, Australia
E. Sérusiaux
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, University of Liège, Sart Tilman B22, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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Abstract

The new genus and species Kantvilasia hians (Lecanorales, Ectolechiaceae) is described from leaves of Atherosperma moschatum at the margin of cool-temperate rainforest in western Tasmania. Notes are provided on characterization, distribution, habitat, associated species, the opening mechanism of campylidia and likely dispersal processes of conidia.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Lichenologist , Volume 32 , Issue 4 , July 2000 , pp. 317 - 324
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 2000

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