Rhizocarpon anaperum new to Svalbard

While studying the taxonomy of the non-yellow species of Rhizocarpon DC., with hyaline and muriform ascospores, in the Nordic countries (Ihlen 2004), some specimens of Rhizocarpon from the Svalbard archipelago were also examined. Among this material, we discovered six specimens of Rhizocarpon anaper...

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Published in:The Lichenologist
Main Authors: Ihlen, Per G., Fryday, Alan M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2004
Subjects:
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Svalbard
Svalbard Archipelago
Elvebakk
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0024282904014495
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0024282904014495
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Summary:While studying the taxonomy of the non-yellow species of Rhizocarpon DC., with hyaline and muriform ascospores, in the Nordic countries (Ihlen 2004), some specimens of Rhizocarpon from the Svalbard archipelago were also examined. Among this material, we discovered six specimens of Rhizocarpon anaperum (Vain.) Vain. that had been labelled “ R. obscuratum ”. As R. anaperum is not listed in the recent checklist from Svalbard (Elvebakk & Hertel 1996) or, to our knowledge, in any other paper dealing with the lichen flora of Svalbard, it is here reported new to this archipelago.

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