Opegrapha moroziana
Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Opegraphaceae
Genus: Opegrapha
Species: Opegrapha moroziana
Name
editOpegrapha moroziana Lendemer, 2009
Mycobank #512897.
Diagnosis: Opegrapha moroziana; species saxicola soraliis excavatis irregularibus, ascomatis ellipsoideis vel breviter fusiformibus, ascosporis 3-septatis et acidum psoromicum continenti distincta.
Type: U.S.A. NORTH CAROLINA. Avery Co.: Grandfather Mountain, 1924?, A.T. Beals s.n. (NY, holotype).
Etymology: Named in honor of Andrei Moroz.
Ecology and distribution: Opegrapha moroziana is a rare species presently known only from the southern Appalachians of eastern North America. It is confined to fine grained HCl- sandstones.
References
edit- Lendemer, J.C. (2009) Opegrapha moroziana (Roccellaceae, Lichenized Ascomycetes), a new sorediate saxicolous species from eastern North America. Opuscula Philolichenum 6: 51–54. (PDF) (Plate 1, p. 53, color photos of Opegrapha moroziana: Fig. 1, thallus; Fig. 2, detail of apothecium; Fig. 3, hymenium and ascus; Fig. 4, black prothallus; Fig. 5, section of apothecium) (Plate 2, p. 54, distribution map of Opegrapha moroziana)