Sphaerellothecium reticulatum (Zopf) Etayo, a new lichenicolous fungusfor Antarctica

In the project aiming to determine the lichen mycota of James Ross Island, we identified a new lichenicolous fungus species which is reported from Antarctica for the first time: Sphaerellothecium reticulatum on Flavoparmelia gerlachei. Although this species was identified on other parmelioid lichens...

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Published in:Czech Polar Reports
Main Authors: Halici, Mehmet Gökhan, Barták, Miloš
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Masaryk University Press 2019
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/cpr2019-1-2
https://journals.muni.cz/CPR/article/viewFile/12937/11289
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Summary:In the project aiming to determine the lichen mycota of James Ross Island, we identified a new lichenicolous fungus species which is reported from Antarctica for the first time: Sphaerellothecium reticulatum on Flavoparmelia gerlachei. Although this species was identified on other parmelioid lichens, it was never reported on Flavoparmelia spp.