Ramonia vermispora
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| Taxonavigation: Gyalectales |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Gyalectaceae
Genus: Ramonia
Species: Ramonia vermispora
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Ramonia vermispora Lendemer & K.Knudsen, 2008
Type: U.S.A., California, Riverside Co.: Peninsular Range, San Bernardino National Forest, San Jacinto Mountains, Thomas Mountain.
Substrate and ecology: On shaded granitic outcrop in oak-conifer woodland.
Etymology: The epithet “vermispora” is derived from the worm-like appearance of the ascospores.
References edit
- Lendemer & K. Knudsen, Opuscula Philolichenum 5: 84 (2008)
- Lendemer, J.C. and Knudsen, K. (2008) Ramonia vermispora, a new species from the Sonoran Desert Region of Southwestern North America. Opuscula Philolichenum 5: 83–88. **[RLL List # 210 / Rec.# 30140] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Web site) (Black-and-white photos of Ramonia vermispora: plate 1, fig. 1, carbonized exciple and periphysoid pad; plate 1, fig. 2., section of apothecium; plate 1, fig. 3, section of apothecium; plate 2, fig. 4, two asci with spirally arranged ascospores; plate 2, figs. 5-6, ascospores; plate 2, fig. 7, ascus; pages 87-88, key to species. (PDF file)
Selected reference edit
- 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)