Fellhanera fallax

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Byssolomataceae
Genus: Fellhanera
Species: Fellhanera fallax

Name

Fellhanera fallax R.C. Harris & Lendemer, 2009

Mycobank #513140.

Diagnosis: Ut in Fellanera silicis sed hypothecio KOH– et conidiis brevioribus differt.

Type: U.S.A. ILLINOIS. Jackson Co.: Shawnee National Forest, Fountain Bluff, along Happy Hollow Road 1.5 miles W of IL 3, sandstone outcrops in mixed hardwood forest, 7.xi.2004, W.R. Buck 47658 (NY, holotype).

Etymology: This species is named “fallax”, i.e., “deceptive” as it is inseparable in the field from Fellhanera silicis.

Distribution: Fellhanera fallax is distributed in the Ozark Ecoregion and adjacent Illinois and Kentucky.

Ecology: Fellhanera fallax is ecologically similar to the mostly sympatric species Fellhanera silicis.

References

• R.C. Harris & Lendemer, Opuscula Philolichenum 6: 166 (2009)

• Harris, R.C. and Lendemer, J.C. (2009) The Fellhanera silicis group in eastern North America. Opuscula Philolichenum 6: 157–174.   (RLL List # 214 / Rec. # 30890 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (PDF file) (Discussion of Fellhanera fallax: pp. 166-167) (Plate 1, p. 158, conidia of F. fallax: Fig. 4) (Plate 4, p. 172, distribution map of Fellhanera fallax)

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#18) 13 Dec 2012

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank