The Lichenologist

Table of Contents - 2009 - Volume 41, Issue 03  

Research Article

A new species of Petractis (Ostropales s. lat., lichenized Ascomycota) from Wales

Alan ORANGEa1

a1 Department of Biodiversity and Systematic Biology, National Museum of Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NP, UK. Email: alan.orange@museumwales.ac.uk

Abstract

Petractis nodispora is described as a new species, characterized by an endolithic thallus with Trentepohlia as photobiont, immersed apothecia, 3-septate, halonate ascospores, and very distinctive multicellular conidia. Nuclear ribosomal SSU and LSU sequences show that it is closely related to P. luetkemuelleri, but its relationship to the type species of Petractis, P. clausa, is unclear.

(Accepted January 02 2009)

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