Parmelina yalungana resurrected and reported from Alaska, China and Russia

Peter R. Nelson; Ryan Kepler; James Walton; John Fankhauser; Laura Nelson; Wang Li Song

doi:10.1639/0007-2745-115.4.557

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15 November 2012 Parmelina yalungana resurrected and reported from Alaska, China and Russia

Peter R. Nelson, Ryan Kepler, James Walton, John Fankhauser, Laura Nelson, Wang Li Song

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The Bryologist, 115(4):557-565 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745-115.4.557

Abstract

Parmelina quercina is a well-studied foliose macro-lichen found on rocks and trees in the Northern Hemisphere. Recent studies support multiple species within P. quercina based on material from Europe, North America and western Asia. The identities of Parmelina quercina s.lat. reported from eastern Asia and Alaska remain unknown. We compared DNA sequences, secondary chemistry and morphological traits of Parmelina from Alaska, Russia and China. These data support the resurrection of Parmelina yalungana to accommodate eastern Asian and Alaskan material. Parmelina yalungana differs from congeners in ascospore dimensions, geographic range and molecular data from three gene loci. We place P. yalungana in the phylogenetic context of the P. quercina group using DNA from Alaskan and Russian material.

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Peter R. Nelson, Ryan Kepler, James Walton, John Fankhauser, Laura Nelson, and Wang Li Song "Parmelina yalungana resurrected and reported from Alaska, China and Russia," The Bryologist 115(4), 557-565, (15 November 2012). https://doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745-115.4.557

Received: 16 March 2010; Accepted: 1 October 2012; Published: 15 November 2012

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