Lecanora munzii

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Lecanoraceae
Genus: Lecanora
Species: Lecanora munzii

Name

Lecanora munzii K. Knudsen & Lendemer, 2009

Mycobank: #515361.

Diagnosis: Similis Lecanorae crassithallinae sed acidum gyrophoricum continens, acidum isousnicum destitutus, et ascosporis simplicibus, (10.1)-11.3-(12.4) x (4.6)-4.9-(5.2) μm.

Type: U.S.A. CALIFORNIA. Los Angeles Co.: Claremont, Bernard Biological Field Station, back area called “The Neck”, 34°06’58”N, 117°42’15”W, 418 m, common on dead wood of Artemisia californica on ground from senescent shrub that had disintegrated, 26.iv. 2009, K. Knudsen 10932 & N. Hamlett.

Etymology: Named after the California botanist Philip A. Munz (1892-1974) of Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden.

References

• Knudsen, K. and Lendemer, J.C. (2009) Two new species of Lecanora with gyrophoric acid from North America. Opuscula Philolichenum 7: 21–28.   (RLL List # 217 / Rec. # 31060 - Recent Literature on Lichens) PDF (Plate 1, p. 23: distribution map of Lecanora munzii) (Plate 3, p. 26, L. munzii: Fig. 1, type locality; Fig. 2, thallus and apothecia)

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#17) 16 May 2011

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank