Opegrapha moroziana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Arthoniales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Arthoniomycetes Ordo: Arthoniales

Familia: Opegraphaceae
Genus: Opegrapha
Species: Opegrapha moroziana

Name

Opegrapha 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

• 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)

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#15) 27 Aug 2009
• Index Fungorum
• LIAS