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Calopadia erythrocephala, a new foliicolous lichenized fungus from Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2012

Edit FARKAS ,
John A. ELIX  and
Adam FLAKUS
Edit FARKAS
Affiliation:
Institute of Ecology and Botany, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-2163 Vácrátót, Alkotmány u. 2–4, Hungary. E-mail: efarkas@botanika.hu
John A. ELIX
Affiliation:
Research School of Chemistry, Building 33, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.
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

The foliicolous lichenized fungus Calopadia erythrocephala Farkas, Elix & Flakus, is described as new to science from the Atlantic submontane rainforests in Brazil. The species is very similar to C. puiggarii, but is distinguished by the presence of a red pigment in the campylidia, the darker apothecial discs and larger conidia. Fusarubin, the red pigment produced by the new species, is reported for the first time from foliicolous lichens. A world-wide key to foliicolous species of Calopadia with single, muriform ascospores is presented.

Keywords

foliicolous lichenskeyNeotropicsPilocarpaceaetaxonomy
Type
Research Article
Information
The Lichenologist , Volume 44 , Issue 3 , May 2012 , pp. 395 - 399
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 2012

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