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Sphinctrina paramerae, a new Mediterranean lichenicolous species with non-septate spores

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2013

D. MUÑIZ
Affiliation:
Departament de Biologia Vegetal (Unitat de Botànica) Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Avd. Diagonal 645, 08028, Barcelona, España. Email: dmunizpe@gmail.com
E. LLOP
Affiliation:
Departament de Biologia Vegetal (Unitat de Botànica) Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Avd. Diagonal 645, 08028, Barcelona, España. Email: dmunizpe@gmail.com
N. L. HLADUN
Affiliation:
Departament de Biologia Vegetal (Unitat de Botànica) Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Avd. Diagonal 645, 08028, Barcelona, España. Email: dmunizpe@gmail.com

Abstract

The new species, Sphinctrina paramerae, is proposed. Characteristics of ascospores (size, morphology and ornamentation), apothecia (morphology, size and chemical reactions) and ecological features revealed significant differences between S. paramerae and the currently known species of Sphinctrina with non-septate ascospores. The new species grows on Pertusaria paramerae, epiphytic on the bark of Juniperus thurifera, which occurs on well-exposed areas of parameras in the Iberian high plateau and other montane Mediterranean areas.

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Copyright © British Lichen Society 2013

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