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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Halici, Mehmet Gökhan, Barták, Miloš
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Masaryk Univerzity 2019
Subjects:
Southern hemisphere
biodiversity
lichens
lichenicolous fungi
James Ross Island
Mycosphaerellaceae
Ross Island
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://journals.muni.cz/CPR/article/view/12937
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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.

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