Diorygma upretii spec. nov., a poleotolerant lichen in the tropics

H. J.M. Sipman

doi:10.21756/cab.esp1

Diorygma upretii spec. nov., a poleotolerant lichen in the tropics

H. J.M. Sipman Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Königin-Luise-Str. 6-8, D-14195 Berlin, Germany

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21756/cab.esp1

Keywords: biodiversity, lichenized fungi, vegetative reproduction, Palaeotropics, air contamination, urbanization.

Abstract

The new lichen species Diorygma upretii Sipman (Ascomycota, Graphidaceae) is described. It is a conspicuous crustose lichen on tree trunks in parks of Singapore and Vanuatu, rarely producing ascocarps, with a characteristic, pustular-granular thallus

Published

2017-08-01

Issue

Vol 4 No 02 (2020): Cryptogam Biodiversity and Assessment

Section

Research Article

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