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A new species of Petractis (Ostropales s. lat., lichenized Ascomycota) from Wales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2009

Alan ORANGE
Affiliation:
Department of Biodiversity and Systematic Biology, National Museum of Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NP, UK. Email: alan.orange@museumwales.ac.uk

Abstract

Petractis nodispora is described as a new species, characterized by an endolithic thallus with Trentepohlia as photobiont, immersed apothecia, 3-septate, halonate ascospores, and very distinctive multicellular conidia. Nuclear ribosomal SSU and LSU sequences show that it is closely related to P. luetkemuelleri, but its relationship to the type species of Petractis, P. clausa, is unclear.

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Research Article
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Copyright © British Lichen Society 2009

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