Scoliciosporum abietinum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lecanorales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lecanoromycetes Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae Ordo: Lecanorales

Familia: Scoliciosporaceae
Genus: Scoliciosporum
Species: Scoliciosporum abietinum

Name

Scoliciosporum abietinum T.Sprib., Bryologist 112(1): 131 (2009)

MycoBank Accession Number: 511755

Type: U.S.A. Montana: Sanders Co., Bull River highway at Pillick Ridge trailhead, 48^o06'20"N, 115^o47'20"W, on needles of Abies grandis, 745 m, 20 Jun 2004, Spribille 14190 (holotype COLO, isotypes F, FR, HERB. VĔZDA).

Etymology: A reference to the preference of the species to occur on Abies grandis needles.

Habitat and Distribution: Scoliciosporum abietinum has been found exclusively on leaves of Abies grandis and Thuja plicata in warm, moist forests. The four known collections come from low elevation mixed conifer forests in northwestern Montana and southern British Columbia.

References

• Spribille, T., Björk, C.R., Ekman, S., Elix, J.A., Goward, T., Printzen, C., Tønsberg, T. & Wheeler, T. 2009. Contributions to an epiphytic lichen flora of northwest North America: I. Eight new species from British Columbia inland rain forests. The Bryologist 112(1): 109–137. DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-112.1.109 JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page.  (Scoliciosporum abietinum: pp. 131-135; color photos: p. 132; habits: figs. 11A-C; section of apothecium: fig. 11D; section of thallus: fig. 11E; ascus: fig. 11F; paraphysis: fig. 11G; ascospore: fig. 11H) (Distribution map: p. 133, fig. 12)

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#17) 16 May 2011

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank