Aspidothelium silverstonei and Astrothelium fuscosporum, Two New Corticolous Lichen Species from Colombia

Edier Soto Medina; André Aptroot; Robert Lücking

doi:10.7872/crym/v38.iss2.2017.253

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Edier Soto Medina,¹ André Aptroot,² Robert Lücking³

¹Grupo de Investigación Ecología y Diversidad Vegetal; Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Calle 13 # 100-00, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia; edier.soto@correounivalle.edu.co
²ABL Herbarium, G.v.d.Veenstraat 107, NL-3762 XK Soest, The Netherlands
³Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum, Königin-Luise-Straße 6-8, 14195 Berlin, Germany; Research Associate, Integrative Research Center, The Field Museum, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605, USA

Abstract

Two species of lichen-forming fungi with pyrenocarpous ascomata are described as new to science: Aspidothelium silverstonei and Astrothelium fuscosporum. The epiphytic lichens were found in Chocó Biogeographic region of Colombia. Aspidothelium silverstonei is characterized by the largest muriform ascospores known in the genus, while Astrothelium fuscosporum is the first species of Astrothelium known to produce pigmented ascospores.

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Edier Soto Medina, André Aptroot, and Robert Lücking "Aspidothelium silverstonei and Astrothelium fuscosporum, Two New Corticolous Lichen Species from Colombia," Cryptogamie, Mycologie 38(2), 253-258, (1 June 2017). https://doi.org/10.7872/crym/v38.iss2.2017.253

Published: 1 June 2017