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Morphological and molecular data support Lichina intermedia as a distinct austral-marine species in the L. pygmaea group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2017

Matthias SCHULTZ*
Affiliation:
Herbarium Hamburgense, Biocenter Klein Flottbek, University of Hamburg, Ohnhorststr. 18, D-22609 Hamburg, Germany. Email: matthias.schultz@uni-hamburg.de

Abstract

Morphological characteristics and analyses of molecular sequence data (ITS, mtSSU) indicate that the austral-marine lichen Lichina pygmaea var. intermedia is distinct from the chiefly European marine species L. confinis and L. pygmaea. It is thus proposed to treat var. intermedia as a separate species. Lichina intermedia differs from L. confinis chiefly in the distinctly corticated branches, and deviates from L. pygmaea in the shorter and thinner branches. Diagnostic differences between the three species are summarized and distribution patterns discussed.

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© British Lichen Society, 2017 

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