New crustose lichens from a tropical coastal area in Paraná (Brazil)
Author
Aptroot, André
Author
Souza, Maria Fernanda
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Instituto de Biociências, Laboratório de Botânica Liquenologia, Av. Costa e Silva, s / n, 79070 - 900, Campo Grande, MS (Brazil) andreaptroot @ gmail. com (corresponding author)
text
Cryptogamie, Mycologie
2021
2021-11-10
20
12
191
197
journal article
244475
10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2021v42a12
c95fd89d-a9f8-4380-bf52-321cb435a847
1776-100X
7815207
Myriostigma xanthominiatum
Aptroot & M.F. Souza
,
sp. nov.
(
Fig. 1
D-F)
Corticolous
Myriostigma
with thallus whitish ochraceous, containing lichexanthone, ascigerous areas delimited, black with orange pruina, ascospores 8/ascus, ellipsoid, hyaline, muriform,
c
. 12 × 10-septate, 85-94 × 35-39 µm, central lumina much larger (
c
. 10 µm diam.) than lumina near the wall.
MYCOBANK. — MB839448.
TYPE
. —
Brazil
,
Paraná
,
Guaraqueçaba
,
Tagaçaba Porto da Linha
, road PR-
405 km
36.2, at right side of road, in chácara (property of Donald Schause),
14.X.2020
, alt.
15 m
, on tree bark,
A. Aptroot & M.F. Souza
82089
(
holo-
,
CGMS
;
iso-
,
ABL
).
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL STUDIED. — Same details,
M.F. Souza & A. Aptroot 291
(
CGMS
).
CHEMISTRY. — Thallus C-, K-, P-, UV+ yellow, with lichexanthone; ascigerous areas K+ red and UV+ red, with an unidentified anthraquinone (Rf 1 TDA, pale orange yellow in acetone solution).
DESCRIPTION
Thallus corticolous,whitish ochraceous,dull, somewhat granular and variable in thickness up to
c
.
0.2 mm
thick, covering an area of up to
10 cm
diam., surrounded by a
c
.
0.2 mm
wide black prothallus line.Algae trentepohlioid, orange,
c
. 10-15 µm diam. Ascigerous areas delimited, IKI negative, patchy, roundish to irregularly lirelline, black spots with orange pruina, up to
2 mm
long and
0.7 mm
wide,
c
.
0.2-0.3 mm
high, covering about a quarter of the thallus surface. Asci globose, hyaline, containing 8 ascospores, 100-125 µm diam, wall up to 15 µm thick. Ascospores ellipsoid, hyaline, muriform,
c
. 12 × 10-septate, 85-94 × 35-39 µm, central lumina much larger (
c
. 10 µm diam.) than lumina near the wall. Pycnidia not observed.