Chroodiscus defectus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Graphidales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lecanoromycetes Subclassis: Ostropomycetidae Ordo: Graphidales

Familia: Thelotremataceae
Genus: Chroodiscus
Species: Chroodiscus defectus

Name

Chroodiscus defectus Papong & Lücking, 2009

Type location: THAILAND. Nakhon Sri Thammarat Province: Khao Lung National Park, 8^o43'N, 99^o41'E, 170 m, tropical rain forest, 15 Feb 2006, Papong 4131 (KKU, holotype). Paratypes: Same locality and date, Papong 3619 (RAMK), 4079 (F). Surat Thani Province: Khao Sok National Park, 8^o55'N, 98^o31'E, 70 m, tropical rain forest, 14 Feb 2006, Papong 5118 (KKU).

Ecology and distribution: On living leaves of vascular plants in lowland to submontane rain forest; from India (Nicobar Islands), Sri Lanka, Thailand, continental Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan and Japan.

Etymology: The epithet refers to the absense of isidia compared to Chroodiscus mirificus.

References

• Papong & Lücking, Bryologist 112(1): 155 (2009)

• Papong, K.; Lücking, R.; Thammathaworn, A. and Boonpragob, K. (2009) Four new taxa of Chroodiscus (thelotremoid Graphidaceae) from Southeast Asia. The Bryologist 112(1): 152–163.   **[RLL List # 214 / Rec.# 31339] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (JSTOR) (Description of Chroodiscus defectus: p. 155; black-and-white photo: p. 154, fig. 1E)

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