A new species of Lecidea (Lecanorales, Ascomycota) from Pakistan
We describe here a new species, Lecidea aptrootii, in Lecidea sensu stricto from Swat Valley, Pakistan. It is most similar to L. fuscoatra in having an areolate thallus and black, lecideine apothecia with a persistent margin. However, L. aptrootii can be readily distinguished by having smaller ascos...
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| author | Memoona Khan Abdul Nasir Khalid H. Thorsten Lumbsch |
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| description | We describe here a new species, Lecidea aptrootii, in Lecidea sensu stricto from Swat Valley, Pakistan. It is most similar to L. fuscoatra in having an areolate thallus and black, lecideine apothecia with a persistent margin. However, L. aptrootii can be readily distinguished by having smaller ascospores (average length 8-10 µm). In phylogenetic analyses, using ITS and nuLSU rDNA sequences, L. aptrootii forms a sister-group relationship to L. grisella, which differs in having a rimose thallus. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-94c63d2343f843b0b7d81ef038104bf42022-12-22T03:11:59ZengPensoft PublishersMycoKeys1314-40571314-40492018-08-0138253410.3897/mycokeys.38.2696026960A new species of Lecidea (Lecanorales, Ascomycota) from PakistanMemoona Khan0Abdul Nasir Khalid1H. Thorsten Lumbsch2University of the PunjabUniversity of the PunjabThe Field MuseumWe describe here a new species, Lecidea aptrootii, in Lecidea sensu stricto from Swat Valley, Pakistan. It is most similar to L. fuscoatra in having an areolate thallus and black, lecideine apothecia with a persistent margin. However, L. aptrootii can be readily distinguished by having smaller ascospores (average length 8-10 µm). In phylogenetic analyses, using ITS and nuLSU rDNA sequences, L. aptrootii forms a sister-group relationship to L. grisella, which differs in having a rimose thallus.https://mycokeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=26960 |
| spellingShingle | Memoona Khan Abdul Nasir Khalid H. Thorsten Lumbsch A new species of Lecidea (Lecanorales, Ascomycota) from Pakistan MycoKeys |
| title | A new species of Lecidea (Lecanorales, Ascomycota) from Pakistan |
| title_full | A new species of Lecidea (Lecanorales, Ascomycota) from Pakistan |
| title_fullStr | A new species of Lecidea (Lecanorales, Ascomycota) from Pakistan |
| title_full_unstemmed | A new species of Lecidea (Lecanorales, Ascomycota) from Pakistan |
| title_short | A new species of Lecidea (Lecanorales, Ascomycota) from Pakistan |
| title_sort | new species of lecidea lecanorales ascomycota from pakistan |
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