Three new records of lichenised fungi for Antarctica

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Halıcı, Mehmet Gökhan, Güllü, Mithat, Kahraman Yiğit, Merve, Barták, Miloš
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Ross Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*; James Ross Island; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247422000195; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247422000195

Abstract As part of a project aiming to determine the lichenised fungal biodiversity of James Ross Island (Eastern coast of Antarctic Peninsula), we identified three infrageneric taxa which were previously not reported from Antarctica: Farnoldia micropsis (A. Massal.) Hertel, Gyalolechia epiphyta (Lynge) Vondrák and Placidium squamulosum var. argentinum (Räsänen) Breuss. Detailed morphological and anatomical properties of these species along with photographs based on the Antarctic specimens are provided here. In addition, the nrITS, mtSSU and/or RPB1 gene regions of the selected specimens are studied and the phylogenetic positions of the species are discussed. The DNA sequence data for Farnoldia micropsis are provided for the first time. Farnoldia micropsis and Gyalolechia epiphyta are also new to the Southern Hemisphere.