Published December 31, 2015 | Version v1
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Abrothallus chrysanthus Stein

  • 1. Arafura 16, NL- 5691 JA Son, The Netherlands
  • 2. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève, C. P. 60, 1292 Chambésy, Switzerland
  • 3. Botanic Garden Meise, Department Bryophytes-Thallophytes, Nieuwelaan 38, 1860 Meise, Belgium

Description

Abrothallus chrysanthus Stein

Notes. – In Macaronesia, this lichenicolous fungus was previously only known from the Azores (VAN DEN BOOM & ERTZ, 2014). It is closely related to A. usneae Rabenh., but A. chrysanthus has ascospores of 8-10 × 3-4 µm and those of A. usneae are 14-18 × 5-7 µm.

Material examined. – 11, Ju, Boom 46078; 27, Ci, Boom 46423 [all on Usnea].

Notes

Published as part of van den Boom, Pieter P. G., Clerc, Philippe & Ertz, Damien, 2015, New records of lichens and lichenicolous fungi from La Gomera (Canary Islands, Spain), including the new species: Usnea boomiana P. Clerc, pp. 165-177 in Candollea 70 (2) on page 173, DOI: 10.15553/c2015v702a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5720974

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Abrothallaceae
Genus
Abrothallus
Kingdom
Fungi
Material sample ID
46078 , 46423
Order
Abrothallales
Phylum
Ascomycota
Scientific name authorship
Stein
Species
chrysanthus
Taxon rank
species

References

  • VAN DEN BOOM, P. P. G. & D. ERTZ (2014). A new species of Micarea (Pilocarpaceae) from Madeira growing on Usnea. Lichenologist 46: 295 - 301.