Plectocarpon hypogymniae

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Lecanographaceae
Genus: Plectocarpon
Species: Plectocarpon hypogymniae

Name

Plectocarpon hypogymniae Zhurb. & Diederich, 2008

Type: RUSSIA. South Siberia, Tuva Republic: Todzhinskaya Depression, Biy-Khem (Big Yenisey) River Valley, near Toora-Khem, 52^o26'N, 96^o05'E, 850 m alt., in Larix forest, on Hypogymnia bitteri (thallus) over fallen Larix trunk, 10 Jul 1997, T. N. Otnyukova (LE 210433--holotypus).

Host: On upper and lateral surface of the lobes of Hypogymnia bitteri.

Distribution: Known only from the type locality in Tuva Upland (Russia) in central Asia.

References

• Zhurbenko, M., Diederich, P. and Otnyukova, T. (2008) Plectocarpon hypogymniae (Roccellaceae), a new lichenicolous species from Siberia. The Bryologist 111 (2): 328–330. [1] (Illustrations: fig. 1, habit; fig. 2, ascospores; fig. 3, ascus)

• Index Fungorum