A regional study of the genus Phyllopsora (Ramalinaceae) in Asia and Melanesia
Author
Kistenich, Sonja
Author
Bendiksby, Mika
Author
Vairappan, Charles S.
Author
Weerakoon, Gothamie
Author
Wijesundara, Siril
Author
Wolseley, Patricia A.
Author
Timdal, Einar
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MycoKeys
2019
53
23
72
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.53.33425
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.53.33425
1314-4049-53-23
Phyllopsora neofoliata Elix
Description.
Elix (2006
,
2009
).
Distribution.
Africa (
Kistenich et al. in press
), Asia, Australia (
Elix 2009
).
Remarks.
This originally Australian species is reported as new to Africa (Kenya) by
Kistenich et al. (in press)
and here as new to Asia (Sri Lanka; Fig. 8A). Both the African and Sri Lankan specimens were sequenced (mtSSU and ITS) and found to conform with sequences of an isotype (O L-1319). The species is generally identified by the squamulose, lacinulate thallus containing furfuraceic acid.
Figure 8. Species of
Phyllopsora
occurring in Asia and Melanesia. A
Phyllopsora neofoliata
(Weerakoon WL21) B
P. parvifolia
(Kistenich & Weerakoon SK1-661) C
P. parvifoliella
(James & Wolseley 2491). Scale bars: 2 mm.