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Aspicilia Excavata: A New Lichen Species From Europe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2007

G. Thor
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, University of Stockholm, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
E. Timdal
Affiliation:
Botanical Museum, University of Oslo, Trondheimsveien 23B, N-0562 Oslo 5, Norway.

Abstract

Aspicilia excavata Thor & Timdal sp. nov. is described and reported from Austria, Finland, Norway and Sweden. It is usually sterile and mainly characterized by an indeterminate thallus composed of small, white pruinose squamules excavated from the margin by dark brown to black soralia. The species grows on calcareous rocks and mortar, mainly on steep to overhanging faces.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 1986

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