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Lichenothelia renobalesiana sp. nov. (Lichenotheliaceae), for a lichenicolous ascomycete confused with Polycoccum opulentum (Dacampiaceae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2008

Violeta ATIENZA  and
David L. HAWKSWORTH
Violeta ATIENZA
Affiliation:
Universitat de València, Facultat de Ciències Biològiques, Departament de Botànica, Dr Moliner 50, ES-46071 Burjassot, València, Spain. E-mail: [email protected]
David L. HAWKSWORTH
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biología Vegetal II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Plaza de Ramón y Cajal, Ciudad Universitaria, ES-28040 Madrid, Spain Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
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Abstract:

The name Polycoccum opulentum proves to have been wrongly applied to a lichenicolous fungus belonging to the genus Lichenothelia, and which differs from the type material of P. opulentum in having non-ostiolate broadly stipitate ascomata and narrow ascospores with a conspicuous gelatinous sheath. The Lichenothelia represents an hitherto undescribed species, named here as L. renobalesiana, sp. nov. which is associated with verrucarialean lichens on hard limestones in temperate regions. The true P. opulentum is known only from the original collection on Polyblastia hyperborea from Sweden.

Keywords

AscomycotaDothidealesFrancelichenicolous fungilichensSpainSwedenUK
Type
Research Article
Information
The Lichenologist , Volume 40 , Issue 2 , March 2008 , pp. 87 - 96
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 2008

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