New lichen species from Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil

Nine species of lichens from Bahia are described as new: Arthonia saxistellata, Cladonia inflata, Cladonia lichexanthonica, Cladonia minisaxicola, Coniocarpon piccolioides, Pertusaria lichexanthofarinosa, Pertusaria lichexanthoimmersa, Pertusaria lichexanthoverrucosa and Physcia sorediiconvexa. Many...

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Published in:The Bryologist 2018-03, Vol.121 (1), p.67-79
Main Authors: Aptroot, André, da Silva Cáceres, Marcela Eugenia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arthonia
Cladonia
Coniocarpon
Pertusaria
Physcia
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Summary:Nine species of lichens from Bahia are described as new: Arthonia saxistellata, Cladonia inflata, Cladonia lichexanthonica, Cladonia minisaxicola, Coniocarpon piccolioides, Pertusaria lichexanthofarinosa, Pertusaria lichexanthoimmersa, Pertusaria lichexanthoverrucosa and Physcia sorediiconvexa. Many of the new species contain lichexanthone in the cortex and the substance is reported for the first time from Cladonia.
ISSN:0007-2745
1938-4378
DOI:10.1639/0007-2745-121.1.067