A new species of Clandestinotrema ( Ascomycota : Ostropales : Graphidaceae ) from montane cloud forest in the Venezuelan Andes

Revision of lichen herbarium specimens at DUKE revealed a species of thelotremoid Graphidaceae new to science. Clandestinotrema carbonera sp. nov. is characterized by an olive-green thallus, dense cortex, the absence of a columella, ascospores 15–24 × 5.5–8.0 μm with 3–5 transverse septa (occasional...

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Main Author: Ian D. Medeiros
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Published: W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences 2018-07-01
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Online Access:https://pfsyst.botany.pl/A-new-species-of-Clandestinotrema-Ascomycota-Ostropales-n-Graphidaceae-from-montane,120516,0,2.html
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description Revision of lichen herbarium specimens at DUKE revealed a species of thelotremoid Graphidaceae new to science. Clandestinotrema carbonera sp. nov. is characterized by an olive-green thallus, dense cortex, the absence of a columella, ascospores 15–24 × 5.5–8.0 μm with 3–5 transverse septa (occasionally submuriform), and the presence of hypostictic acid as a major substance. At present the species is known only from the type locality, an area of montane cloud forest near Mérida, Venezuela. Interestingly, this species appears to have been discussed in the literature once before, as an unnamed ‘Thelotrema sp.’ which in the 1970s provided the first instance of hypostictic acid isolated from a lichen. The previous report of C. leucomelaenum from the same locality is shown to actually represent C. pauperius.
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spelling doaj.art-b1cb3b603f4748cb93d5402538a6f9ca2024-03-25T11:14:14ZengW. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of SciencesPlant and Fungal Systematics2544-74592657-50002018-07-0163171010.2478/pfs-2018-0002120516A new species of Clandestinotrema ( Ascomycota : Ostropales : Graphidaceae ) from montane cloud forest in the Venezuelan AndesIan D. Medeiros0Department of Biology, Duke University, Campus Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708, USARevision of lichen herbarium specimens at DUKE revealed a species of thelotremoid Graphidaceae new to science. Clandestinotrema carbonera sp. nov. is characterized by an olive-green thallus, dense cortex, the absence of a columella, ascospores 15–24 × 5.5–8.0 μm with 3–5 transverse septa (occasionally submuriform), and the presence of hypostictic acid as a major substance. At present the species is known only from the type locality, an area of montane cloud forest near Mérida, Venezuela. Interestingly, this species appears to have been discussed in the literature once before, as an unnamed ‘Thelotrema sp.’ which in the 1970s provided the first instance of hypostictic acid isolated from a lichen. The previous report of C. leucomelaenum from the same locality is shown to actually represent C. pauperius.https://pfsyst.botany.pl/A-new-species-of-Clandestinotrema-Ascomycota-Ostropales-n-Graphidaceae-from-montane,120516,0,2.htmlel bosque san eusebio-la carbonerafissurinoideaelecanoromycetesneotropicstaxonomytrypethelioid ascospores
spellingShingle Ian D. Medeiros
A new species of Clandestinotrema ( Ascomycota : Ostropales : Graphidaceae ) from montane cloud forest in the Venezuelan Andes
Plant and Fungal Systematics
el bosque san eusebio-la carbonera
fissurinoideae
lecanoromycetes
neotropics
taxonomy
trypethelioid ascospores
title A new species of Clandestinotrema ( Ascomycota : Ostropales : Graphidaceae ) from montane cloud forest in the Venezuelan Andes
title_full A new species of Clandestinotrema ( Ascomycota : Ostropales : Graphidaceae ) from montane cloud forest in the Venezuelan Andes
title_fullStr A new species of Clandestinotrema ( Ascomycota : Ostropales : Graphidaceae ) from montane cloud forest in the Venezuelan Andes
title_full_unstemmed A new species of Clandestinotrema ( Ascomycota : Ostropales : Graphidaceae ) from montane cloud forest in the Venezuelan Andes
title_short A new species of Clandestinotrema ( Ascomycota : Ostropales : Graphidaceae ) from montane cloud forest in the Venezuelan Andes
title_sort new species of clandestinotrema ascomycota ostropales graphidaceae from montane cloud forest in the venezuelan andes
topic el bosque san eusebio-la carbonera
fissurinoideae
lecanoromycetes
neotropics
taxonomy
trypethelioid ascospores
url https://pfsyst.botany.pl/A-new-species-of-Clandestinotrema-Ascomycota-Ostropales-n-Graphidaceae-from-montane,120516,0,2.html
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