A new species of Placopsis (Agyriaceae: Ascomycota) from Antarctica

Placopsis antarctica, which is apparently endemic to antarctic regions south of lat. 60°S (South Orkney Is, South Shetland Is and the Antarctic Peninsula), is described. Details of its morphology, anatomy, chemistry, ecology and distribution are given. Placopsis bicolor is newly reported from South...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Lichenologist
Main Authors: Galloway, David J., Lewis-Smith, Ronald I., Quilhot, Wanda
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Cambridge University Press 2005
Subjects:
Botany
Antarctic
Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/1790/
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0024282905015094
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Summary:Placopsis antarctica, which is apparently endemic to antarctic regions south of lat. 60°S (South Orkney Is, South Shetland Is and the Antarctic Peninsula), is described. Details of its morphology, anatomy, chemistry, ecology and distribution are given. Placopsis bicolor is newly reported from South Georgia. A revised key to species of Placopsis occurring in South Georgia and Antarctica is given.

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