Dirinaria neotropica

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Caliciaceae
Genus: Dirinaria
Species: Dirinaria neotropica

Name

Dirinaria neotropica Kalb, 2004

Diagnosis: Similis D. confluentis, sed sporis minoribus 10-15 x 4.5-6 µm praecipue in saxis crescens differt.

Type: MEXICO. Sonora: 7 km NE of Huasabas above Rio Bavispe, 29^o50' N, 109^o13' W, T.H. Nash III, 14788 (Holotype ASU, designated here)

Substrate and ecology: On rocks from sea level to the edges of montane rain forests

World distribution: In tropical and subtropical regions of North and South America

Synonymy

• Dirinaria confusa Awasthi var. saxicola (Räsänen) Awasthi, Biblioth. Lichenol. 2: 60 (1975)

References

• Kalb, K. (2004) Dirinaria (pp. 98-103) In: Nash III, T.H.; Ryan, B.D.; Diederich, P.; Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 742 pages. (Discussion of Dirinaria neotropica: p. 100; black-and-white photo: p. 100, fig. 10)

• LIAS

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#16) 18 June 2010.

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank