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Bacidia coprodes—resurrecting a misinterpreted species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2007

Esteve LLOP  and
Stefan EKMAN
Esteve LLOP
Affiliation:
Departament de Biologia Vegetal-Botànica, Universitat de Barcelona, Avda. Diagonal 645, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain. Email: ellop@ub.edu
Stefan EKMAN
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Institute of Botany, University of Bergen, Allégaten 41, N-5007 Bergen, Norway
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Abstract:

Bacidia coprodes (Körb.) Lettau, until now treated as a synonym of Bacidia trachona (Ach.) Lettau, is resurrected. Morphological, chemical and ecological characteristics place this species close to Toninia in the Ramalinaceae, but we retain it in Bacidia because of uncertainties in the generic taxonomy of this family. Bacidia coprodes is fairly widespread on calcareous and enriched siliceous rock in Europe and eastern North America. In North America the species has also been known under the synonyms Bacidia granosa (Tuck.) Zahlbr. (basionym: Lecidea granosa Tuck.) and Bacidia pammellii (Fink) Zahlbr. (basionym: Bilimbia pammellii Fink). Morphological and chemical features, together with molecular data, suggest that B. trachona does not belong to Bacidia, but rather in the Pilocarpaceae.

Keywords

BacidiaBilimbiaPilocarpaceaeRamalinaceaeToninia
Type
Research Article
Information
The Lichenologist , Volume 39 , Issue 3 , May 2007 , pp. 251 - 257
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 2007

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