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Four New Species of Caloplaca from Antarctica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2007

Maria Olech
Affiliation:
Botanical Institute, Jagellonian University, Ul. Lubicz 46, P-31-512 Krakow, Poland.
Ulrik Søchting
Affiliation:
Department of Mycology, Botanical Institute, University of Copenhagen, Ø. Farimagsgade 2D, DK-1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark.

Abstract

Four new species of Caloplaca are described from Antarctica: C. buelliae is parasitic on Buellia, C. iomma has a characteristic deep reddish orange colour on the apothecia, C. psoromatis is parasitic on Psoroma and Pannaria, and C. siphonospora is a parasitic species of mosses, very similar to C. nivalis, but with much shorter spores.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 1993

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