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Plectocarpon stereocaulicola (Roccellaceae, Ascomycota), a new lichenicolous fungus from Bolivia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2012

Martin KUKWA ,
Javier ETAYO  and
Adam FLAKUS
Martin KUKWA
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Taxonomy and Nature Conservation, University of Gdańsk, Al. Legionów 9, PL-80-441 Gdańsk, Poland. Email: dokmak@ug.edu.pl
Javier ETAYO
Affiliation:
Navarro Villoslada 16, 3° dcha., E-31003 Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
Adam FLAKUS
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Lichenology, W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lubicz 46, PL-31-512 Kraków, Poland
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Abstract

A new gall-inducing lichenicolous fungus, Plectocarpon stereocaulicola Kukwa, Etayo and Flakus, is described from Bolivia from the thalli of Stereocaulon sp. The new species is characterized by black, epruinose rounded ascomata with a carbonized surface and a thalline pseudo-margin, as well as a non-carbonized, light brown sterile stromatic tissue in the lower part and 3-septate ascospores becoming brown and ornamented when mature.

Keywords

AndesbiodiversitylichensNeotropicsSouth AmericaStereocaulontaxonomy
Type
Research Article
Information
The Lichenologist , Volume 44 , Issue 4 , July 2012 , pp. 479 - 482
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 2012

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