Halecania laevis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Leprocaulaceae
Genus: Halecania
Species: Halecania laevis

Name

Halecania laevis M. Brand & Van den Boom, 2009

Type: FRANCE. Dept. Finistere: Goulien-Cap, Sizun, cove 0.4 km N of Kerisit, N-exposed coastal gneiss rocks, at sheltered bay, base of high cliff, supralittoral zone, 48^o4.3'N, 4^o35.3'W, 22 Jul 1997, M. Brand 36859 (L, holotype; HB. BRAND, HB. VAN DEN BOOM, isotypes).

Distribution and habitat: Halecania laevis is known from western Ireland and western Bretagne (France). It is a maritime species, occurring in the supralittoral zone on acidic stones of sheltered, N exposed coastal areas.

References

• Van den Boom, P.P.G. (2009) New Halecania species (Catillariaceae) from Europe and South America. The Bryologist 112(4): 827–832.   (RLL List # 218 / Rec. # 32269 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (JSTOR) (DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-112.4.827) (Discussion of Halecania laevis: pp. 829-830; black-and-white photo: p. 829, fig. 3)

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