Lecidella varangrica sp. nov. from the Varanger Peninsula, northernmost Norway

The new species Lecidella varangrica Haugan & Tønsberg is described from the northern shores of the Varanger Peninsula, Finnmark, Norway. It probably belongs to the saxicolous L. asema group by having a pigmented hypothecium and by producing chloroxanthones. Lecidella varangrica is distinguishab...

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Main Authors: Haugan, Reidar, Tønsberg, Tor
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nordic Lichen Society 2019
Subjects:
Barents Sea
Haugan
Norway
Tønsberg
Finnmark
Varanger
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1956/20240
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spelling ftunivbergen:oai:bora.uib.no:1956/20240 2023-05-15T15:38:44+02:00 Lecidella varangrica sp. nov. from the Varanger Peninsula, northernmost Norway Haugan, Reidar Tønsberg, Tor 2019-03-27T07:19:38Z application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/1956/20240 eng eng Nordic Lichen Society urn:issn:0901-7593 urn:issn:2002-4495 https://hdl.handle.net/1956/20240 cristin:1654961 Attribution CC BY http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Copyright 2018 The Author(s) Graphis Scripta Peer reviewed Journal article 2019 ftunivbergen 2023-03-14T17:41:20Z The new species Lecidella varangrica Haugan & Tønsberg is described from the northern shores of the Varanger Peninsula, Finnmark, Norway. It probably belongs to the saxicolous L. asema group by having a pigmented hypothecium and by producing chloroxanthones. Lecidella varangrica is distinguishable from other species in this group by a set of characters: the presence of soralia, the small apothecia with rather small ascospores, and the production of aotearone as the major chemical constituent. Lecidella varangrica is a species of vertical to overhanging weather-protected rock faces with strong marine influence along the harsh shores of the Barents Sea. publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Barents Sea Finnmark Varanger Finnmark University of Bergen: Bergen Open Research Archive (BORA-UiB) Barents Sea Haugan ENVELOPE(11.695,11.695,65.579,65.579) Norway Tønsberg ENVELOPE(-45.916,-45.916,-60.533,-60.533)
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description The new species Lecidella varangrica Haugan & Tønsberg is described from the northern shores of the Varanger Peninsula, Finnmark, Norway. It probably belongs to the saxicolous L. asema group by having a pigmented hypothecium and by producing chloroxanthones. Lecidella varangrica is distinguishable from other species in this group by a set of characters: the presence of soralia, the small apothecia with rather small ascospores, and the production of aotearone as the major chemical constituent. Lecidella varangrica is a species of vertical to overhanging weather-protected rock faces with strong marine influence along the harsh shores of the Barents Sea. publishedVersion
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Haugan, Reidar
Tønsberg, Tor
spellingShingle Haugan, Reidar
Tønsberg, Tor
Lecidella varangrica sp. nov. from the Varanger Peninsula, northernmost Norway
author_facet Haugan, Reidar
Tønsberg, Tor
author_sort Haugan, Reidar
title Lecidella varangrica sp. nov. from the Varanger Peninsula, northernmost Norway
title_short Lecidella varangrica sp. nov. from the Varanger Peninsula, northernmost Norway
title_full Lecidella varangrica sp. nov. from the Varanger Peninsula, northernmost Norway
title_fullStr Lecidella varangrica sp. nov. from the Varanger Peninsula, northernmost Norway
title_full_unstemmed Lecidella varangrica sp. nov. from the Varanger Peninsula, northernmost Norway
title_sort lecidella varangrica sp. nov. from the varanger peninsula, northernmost norway
publisher Nordic Lichen Society
publishDate 2019
url https://hdl.handle.net/1956/20240
long_lat ENVELOPE(11.695,11.695,65.579,65.579)
ENVELOPE(-45.916,-45.916,-60.533,-60.533)
geographic Barents Sea
Haugan
Norway
Tønsberg
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Haugan
Norway
Tønsberg
genre Barents Sea
Finnmark
Varanger
Finnmark
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Finnmark
Varanger
Finnmark
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