DNA barcoding aids in generating a preliminary checklist of the lichens and allied fungi of Calvert Island, British Columbia: Results from the 2018 Hakai Terrestrial BioBlitz Author McMullin, Richard Troy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1768-2891 Canadian Museum of Nature, PO Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario, K 1 P 6 P 4, Canada tmcmullin@nature.ca Author Simon, Andrew D. F. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5358-8974 School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, V 8 P 5 C 2, Canada Author Brodo, Irwin M. Canadian Museum of Nature, PO Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario, K 1 P 6 P 4, Canada Author Wickham, Sara B. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8155-5689 Hakai Institute, PO Box 309, Heriot Bay, British Columbia, VOP 1 H 0, Canada Author Bell-Doyon, Philip https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8144-8613 Department of Biology, Universite Laval, Quebec, Quebec, G 1 V 0 A 6, Canada Author Kuzmina, Maria Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N 1 G 2 W 1, Canada Author Starzomski, Brian M. School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, V 8 P 5 C 2, Canada text Biodiversity Data Journal 2024 2024-02-28 12 120292 120292 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e120292 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e120292 1314-2828-12-e120292 37948F4E7CD256228E539899FB043CE2 Polycauliona sp. Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: R.T. McMullin; occurrenceID: B6ED6743-9B56-5C36-9B9A-90CD92240CD1 ; Location: locationID: XII; decimalLatitude: 51.66040 ; decimalLongitude: -128.11688 ; Event: habitat: Saxicolous; Record Level: institutionID: CANL; collectionID: McMullin 19650 Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: R.T. McMullin; occurrenceID: D9A25924-C6A2-51B7-9F4F-6E0D2DAC988C ; Location: locationID: XII; decimalLatitude: 51.66040 ; decimalLongitude: -128.11688 ; Identification: identificationRemarks: Figure 4C; Event: habitat: Saxicolous; Record Level: institutionID: CANL; collectionID: McMullin 19716 Notes This taxon appears to be consistent with Polycauliona sp. S39572 in Spribille et al. (2020) . Its bright orange thallus and elongated lobes are morphologically distinct and its habitat in the supralittoral zone is ecologically distinct. Appears to be a novel taxon.