Chroodiscus homchantarae

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 homchantarae

Name

Chroodiscus homchantarae Papong & Lücking, 2009   (sp. nov. MB511144)

Type locality: THAILAND. Surat Thani Province: Khao Sok National Park, 8^o55'N, 98^o31'E,70 m, tropical rain forest, 14 Feb 2006, Papong 4744 (KKU, holotype). Paratypes: Same locality and date, Papong 4938 (RAMK), 5289 (F). Nakhon Sri Thammarat Province: Khao Lung National Park, 8^o43'N, 99^o41'E, 170 m, tropical rain forest, 15 Feb 2006, Papong 3684 (KKU).

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

Etymology: Named after the first lichenologist in Thailand, the late Prof. Natsurang Homchantara (1957-2006), who studied Thelotremataceae in Thailand and elsewhere in Southeast Asia.

References

• Papong & Lücking, in Papong, Lücking, Thammathaworn & Boonpragob, 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 homchantarae: pp. 155-156; black-and-white photo: p. 154, fig. 1D)

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