Hypotrachyna brevirhiza Hale 1975

• Main Authors: Elvebakk, A., Bjerke, J. W., Støvern, L. E.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Fungi; Ascomycota; Lecanoromycetes; Lecanorales; Parmeliaceae; Hypotrachyna; Hypotrachyna brevirhiza; Argentina; Refugio; Magallanes; Hale; Paine; Elvebakk; Irigoyen; Altamirano; Riesco; Antarc*; Antarctica; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5151519; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5151519

Hypotrachyna brevirhiza (Kurok.) Hale (1975: 26) This species was described with its type (S) from Mina Elena at Isla Riesco, Magallanes (Hale & Kurokawa 1968). The species was described as common in southernmost South America, a conclusion confirmed by our studies. All studied specimens contain atranorin and salazinic acids (majors), and norstictic acid (minor). Specimens examined: ARGENTINA. PROVINCIA DE TIERRA DEL FUEGO: Río Irigoyen, Stenroos, S . 2715 (H; immixed with, and filed below Menegazzia magellanica). CHILE. XII REGIÓN DE MAGALLANES: Parque Nacional Torres del Paine, 2 km N of Salto Grande, 51 ° 04’S, 73 ° 01’W, 80 m, on S-facing rocks and on bases of Berberis microphylla, 7 Dec 2000, Elvebakk, A . 00:921 (TROM); Lago Pehoe NW, 500 m SE of Refugio y Camping Pehoe, 51 ° 04’30”S, 73 ° 07’W, 80 m, on a log in a river gorge, 6 Jan 1998, Elvebakk, A . 98:060 (TROM); Lago Pehoe E, at Camping Pehoe, 51 ° 07’S, 73 ° 01’W, on Nothofagus antarctica, Mar 1998, Elvebakk, A . 98:343 & Bjerke, J. W. (TROM); Puerto Natales, Cerro Dorotea, on sandstone rocks, 9 May 1940, Santesson, R . 8246a (S), Seno Skyring, N part, 3 km W of Puerto Altamirano, 52 ° 35’S, 72 ° 06’W, 30 m, on a fallen log of Nothofagus antarctica, 30 Nov 1999, Elvebakk, A . 99:979 (TROM); Península Brunswick, Punta Arenas W, Río de las Minas, 100 m, on Nothofagus pumilio, 12 Mar 1992, Elvebakk, A . 92:003; 21 Mar 1992, Elvebakk, A . 92:082 (TROM). Published as part of Elvebakk, A., Bjerke, J. W. & Støvern, L. E., 2014, Parmelioid lichens (Parmeliaceae) in southernmost South America, pp. 1-30 in Phytotaxa 173 (1) on page 7, DOI:10.11646/phytotaxa.173.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5142714