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Diploschistes elixii (Ostropales: Thelotremataceae), an overlooked terricolous species from Western Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2007

H. Thorsten LUMBSCH
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, The Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, USA. Email: tlumbsch@fieldmuseum.org
Armin MANGOLD
Affiliation:
Universität Duisburg-Essen, Botanisches Institut, Universitätsstraße 5, 45117 Essen, Germany

Abstract:

The new species Diploschistes elixii is described from Western Australia. It is characterized by perithecioid ascomata and large ascospores. It resembles D. hensseniae but is readily distinguished by larger ascospores (up to 45 μm), having lecanoric acid as major constituent, and an epruinose thallus surface. It is currently known from several localities in south-western Australia, where it grows on soil.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 2007

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