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Corticifraga santessonii and C. chugachiana (Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota), new species of lichenicolous fungi from the Holarctic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2007

Mikhail ZHURBENKO
Affiliation:
Laboratory of the Systematics and Geography of Fungi, Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor Popov 2, 197376 St Petersburg, Russia. Email: zhurb@MZ3838.spb.edu

Abstract:

Two new lichenicolous ascomycetes, Corticifraga santessonii and C. chugachiana, are described from Lobaria and Nephroma species. The new species are readily distinguished by narrow ascospores and are known from the USA, Canada and Russia. A Table with the distinguishing characteristics of all known Corticifraga species is presented.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 2007

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