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Verrucaria Elaeina, A Misunderstood European Lichen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2007

Alan Orange
Affiliation:
Department of Biodiversity and Systematic Biology, National Museum and Gallery, Cardiff CF10 3NP, UK

Abstract

Verrucaria elaeina Borrer is a misunderstood species of shaded which is widespread in the British Isles. It resembles the freshwater species V. praetermissa, but differs in the more prominent perithecia, the lack of a layer, the slightly smaller ascospores, and the lack of a perispore.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 2000

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