Lepra leucosorodes

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Variolariaceae
Genus: Lepra
Species: Lepra leucosorodes

Name

Lepra leucosorodes (Nyl.) I.Schmitt, B.P.Hodk. & Lumbsch in Wei et al., PloS ONE 12(7): e0180284, 8 (2017). [MycoBank #820762]

Basionym

• Pertusaria leucosorodes Nyl., Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn. 26(10): 16 (1900). [MycoBank #542949]

Typification Details: Holotype H-NYL 23821

Host-Substratum/Locality: On wood: Sri Lanka

References

• Nylander, W. 1900. Lichenes Ceylonenses et Additamentum ad Lichenes Japoniae. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae 26(10): 1–33. BHL Reference page. 

• Wei, X.-L., Schmitt, I., Hodkinson, B.P., Flakus, A., Kukwa, M., Divakar, P.K., Kirika, P.M., Otte, J., Meiser, A. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2017. Circumscription of the genus Lepra, a recently resurrected genus to accommodate the “Variolaria”-group of Pertusaria sensu lato (Pertusariales, Ascomycota). PLoS ONE 12(7): e0180284, 1–14. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180284 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 

Links

• Index Fungorum: IF 820762
• MycoBank: MB 820762

Link to photos

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Pertusaria leucosorodes