Two new crustose Cladonia species with strepsilin and other new lichens from the Serra de Maracaju, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Author
Aptroot, André
Author
Souza, Maria Fernanda
Author
Spielmann, Adriano Afonso
Laboratório de Botânica / Liquenologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Avenida Costa e Silva s / n, Bairro Universitário, CEP 79070 - 900, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul (Brazil) andreaptroot @ gmail. com (corresponding author)
andreaptroot@gmail.com
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Cryptogamie, Mycologie
2021
2021-07-02
20
8
137
148
http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2021v42a8
journal article
10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2021v42a8
1776-100X
12214676
Lecanora lichexanthoxylina
Aptroot & M.F. Souza
,
sp. nov.
(
Fig. 4
)
MYCOBANK
. — MB 83949.
DIAGNOSIS
. — Lignicolous
Lecanora
with abundant apothecia with crenulate thalline margin and specially with the presence of lichexanthone.
FIG
. 2. —
Cladonia zebrathallina
Aptroot & Spielmann
,
sp.nov.
, holotype:
A
, habitus;
B
, pycnidium;
C
, conidia.Width of pictures: A, 10 mm,B, 250 µm,C, 120 µm.
TYPE
. —
Brazil
.
Mato Grosso do Sul
, Miranda, Salobra, alt.
120 m
,
20°10’19”S
,
56°30’26”W
, on wooden fence post,
26.
VI
.2020
,
A.Aptroot & M.F. Souza 81310
(
holo-
,
CGMS
;
iso-
,
ABL
).
ADDITIONAL
MATERIAL
EXAMINED
. —
Brazil
.
Mato Grosso do Sul
: Campo Grande,
UCDB
campus, on wooden fence post,
13.III.2020
,
A.Aptroot & M.F. Souza 80870
; Naviraí, Fazenda Três Irmãos, on wooden fence post,
28.IX.2019
,
A.Aptroot 80311
(
para-
,
CGMS
).
CHEMISTRY
. — Thallus and apothecia UV+ yellow, C-, P-, K-. TLC: lichexanthone.
ETYMOLOGY
. — Named after the lichexanthone content and the occurrence on wood.
ECOLOGY
AND
DISTRIBUTION
. — On wooden poles and fences; so far only known from one state in
Brazil
, but expected to occur in other states and countries.
FIG
. 3. —
Lecanora fluoroxylina
Aptroot & M.F.Souza
,
sp.nov.
, isotype,habitus.Width of picture:30 mm.
FIG
. 4. —
Lecanora lichexanthoxylina
Aptroot & M.F. Souza
,
sp. nov.
, holotype:
A
, habitus with UV;
B
, habitus. Width of pictures: A, 30 mm; B, 10 mm.
DESCRIPTION
Thallus crustose, lignicolous, greyish white, smooth, mostly obscured by apothecia, without prothallus.Apothecia obscuring most of the thallus, sessile, irregularly angular while crowded,
0.3-0.6 mm
diam. Margin of thallus colour, bulbose, crenate to coronate, higher than the disk,
c.
0.1 mm
wide. Disk pale ochraceous, without pruina. Epihymenium pale brown, without crystals. Hypothecium hyaline. Excipulum with large
FIG
5. —
Trypethelium muriforme
Aptroot & M.F. Souza
,
sp. nov.
:
A
,
holotype
, habitus;
B
, Aptroot & Souza 81453, habitus;
C
,
holotype
, ascospore. Width of pictures: A, B,
15 mm
; C, 90 µm.
calcium oxalate crystals. Ascospores 8/ascus, 9-11
×
5-6 µm. Pycnidia not observed.