Four additional lichens from the Antarctic and South Georgia, including a new Leciophysma species

Four lichen species new to the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic South Georgia are reported. One is new to science: a species of Leciophysma with rough, non-granular thallus and reduced proper exciple. A total of 484 lichenized fungal taxa have now been reported from Antarctica and South Georgia.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Øvstedal, Dag O., Lewis Smith, Ronald I.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of Tartu Press 2011
Subjects:
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/FCE/article/view/13634
Description
Summary:Four lichen species new to the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic South Georgia are reported. One is new to science: a species of Leciophysma with rough, non-granular thallus and reduced proper exciple. A total of 484 lichenized fungal taxa have now been reported from Antarctica and South Georgia.

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