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Melaspilea tucumana, a new gall-forming lichenicolous fungus from the tropical Andes in Bolivia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2014

Adam FLAKUS ,
Javier ETAYO  and
Martin KUKWA
Adam FLAKUS
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Lichenology, W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lubicz 46, PL-31-512 Krakow, Poland. Email: a.flakus@botany.pl
Javier ETAYO
Affiliation:
Navarro Villoslada 16, 30 dcha., E-31003 Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
Martin KUKWA
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Taxonomy and Nature Conservation, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 58, PL-80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
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Abstract

The new obligately lichenicolous fungus, Melaspilea tucumana Flakus, Etayo & Kukwa, inhabiting thalli of saxicolous Pertusaria s. lat. is described from Tucumano-Boliviano vegetation in Bolivia. The species is characterized by the gall formation and superficial, lirelliform to branched, aggregated apothecioid ascomata with widely exposed discs. The ascomata of M. tucumana are initially perithecioid and immersed in the host thallus, but become superficial and apothecioid when mature, and thus resemble the genus Buelliella. This may suggest the placement of the new species in Dothideomycetes.

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biodiversityidentification keyMelaspileaceaeNeotropicsnew speciesSouth Americataxonomy
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The Lichenologist , Volume 46 , Issue 5 , September 2014 , pp. 657 - 662
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Copyright © British Lichen Society 2014 

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