New record and new species of lichenized fungal genus Candelariella Müll. Arg. in Antarctica

• Published in: Polish Polar Research
• Main Authors: Mehmet Gökhan Halici, Merve Kahraman Yiğit, Ekrem Bölükbaşı, Mithat Güllü
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polish Academy of Sciences 2022
• Subjects: antarctic; antarctic peninsula; biodiversity; lichenized fungi; candelariales; mtssu; nrits; rpb1; Geology; QE1-996.5; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bourgeois; Bourgeois Fjord; Horseshoe Island; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; Rocky Island; Ross Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; James Ross Island; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.24425/ppr.2022.140370; https://doaj.org/article/9c6c26bc0a5c4faeb4a190d86b1f380d

Previously, only three Candelariella species were known from Antarctica: C. aurella, C. flava and C. vitellina. After morphologically and phylogenetically examining our collections on soil from James Ross Island, located in the north-east Antarctic Peninsula region, and Horseshoe Island, a small roc...