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A new corticolous species of Leptogium (Collemataceae) from Spain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 July 2004

Mónica A. G. OTÁLORA
Affiliation:
Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, ESCET, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, c/ Tulipán s/n, 28933-Móstoles (Madrid), Spain
Gregorio ARAGÓN
Affiliation:
Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, ESCET, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, c/ Tulipán s/n, 28933-Móstoles (Madrid), Spain
Isabel MARTÍNEZ
Affiliation:
Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, ESCET, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, c/ Tulipán s/n, 28933-Móstoles (Madrid), Spain
M. C. MOLINA
Affiliation:
Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, ESCET, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, c/ Tulipán s/n, 28933-Móstoles (Madrid), Spain

Abstract

Leptogium quercicola (Collemataceae), a new corticolous species, is described from central and south-eastern Spain. It is closely related to L. lichenoides, but differs in the development of dense fruticolous cushions, with lobes narrower than the smallest known forms of L. lichenoides. Moreover, spore length and width of the two taxa are significantly different. In addition, the two species differ ecologically; L. quercicola growing directly on bark of Quercus spp., while L. lichenoides colonizes rocks, soil and bark but always among mosses.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© British Lichen Society 2004

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