Arthonia rubrocincta

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Arthoniales 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Arthoniomycetes
Ordo: Arthoniales

Familia: Arthoniaceae
Genus: Arthonia
Species: Arthonia rubrocincta

Name edit

Arthonia rubrocincta G. Merr. ex M.Grube & Lendemer, 2009

MYCOBANK #514027.

Diagnosis: Species A. fallaci et A. cinnabarinae similis, sed differt ascomatibus elongatis, furcatis, sessilibus et sporis angustioribus, 18-23 x 5-6 μm.

Type: U.S.A. FLORIDA. Collier Co.: Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve, vicinity of Ranger Station, disturbed roadside vegetation and shaded swampy hardwood forest, on petioles of Sabal palmetto, 4.iii.2009, J.C. Lendemer 15506 (NY, holotype; isotypes to be distributed as Lich. East. N. Amer. Exs. VIII: 351).

LIFE FORM – Lichen-forming.

DISTRIBUTION AND ECOLOGY: – At present Arthonia rubrocincta is known only from Florida and adjacent coastal Georgia where it occurs commonly on the old leaf bases of Sabal palmetto.

References edit

  • Grube, M. and Lendemer, J.C. (2009) Arthonia rubrocincta: belated validation of a name for a common species endemic to Sabal palmetto in the southeastern United States. Opuscula Philolichenum 7: 7–12. -  **[RLL List # 217 / Rec.# 30829] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**   PDF (Color photos: p. 8, Plate 1: Fig. 1, thallus; Fig. 2, ascoma; Fig. 3, section of ascoma; Fig. 4, ascospores) (Map: p. 10, Plate 2)

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