Ramonia extensa
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| Taxonavigation: Gyalectales |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Gyalectaceae
Genus: Ramonia
Species: Ramonia extensa
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Ramonia extensa Lendemer, K. Knudsen & Coppins, 2009
Mycobank #514026.
Diagnosis: Similis R. gyalectiformi sed ascosporis 25-30 x 4.5-5 μm et apotheciis 0.3-0.4 mm latis.
Type: U.S.A. CALIFORNIA. Lake Co.: Complexion Springs, [ca. 480 m], 20.ii.1972, on serpentine rock, L. Sigal s.n. (E!, holotype).
Etymology: The epithet “extensa” refers to the extended nature of the ascospores, which resemble those of R. gyalectiformis except stretched.
Ecology and Distribution: Ramonia extensa occurs on serpentine rock and is known only from the type locality.
References edit
- Lendemer, K. Knudsen & Coppins, Opuscula Philolichenum 7: 192 (2009)
- Lendemer, J.C.; Knudsen, K.K. and Coppins, B.J. (2009) Further notes on the genus Ramonia in California: the first modern record of R. ablephora and the description of R. extensa sp. nov. Opuscula Philolichenum 7: 191–194. **[RLL List # 217 / Rec.# 31146] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (PDF file) (Color photos: of Ramonia extensa: Plate 1, Fig. 1, periphyses; Fig. 2-4, ascospores; Fig. 5, section of apothecium)