The LichenologistPub Date : 2024-02-28DOI: 10.1017/s002428292400001x
Gintaras Kantvilas
{"title":"Additions to the genus Cliostomum (Ramalinaceae) from Australia","authors":"Gintaras Kantvilas","doi":"10.1017/s002428292400001x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s002428292400001x","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Seven species of <span>Cliostomum</span> Fr. recorded from Australia are treated. These include the widespread <span>C. griffithii</span> (Sm.) Coppins, the austral <span>C. praepallidum</span> (Müll. Arg.) Kantvilas & Fryday and the Tasmanian endemic <span>C. vezdae</span> Kantvilas, a reinstated name previously subsumed under <span>C. flavidulum</span> Hafellner & Kalb. Three species are described as new: <span>C. latisporum</span> Kantvilas, a corticolous species containing atranorin and gangaleoidin from coastal Tasmania and New South Wales, characterized by pale pink, soon immarginate apothecia, 0.3–0.9 mm wide, non-capitate, unpigmented paraphyses, and relatively wide, 1(–3)-septate ascospores, 9–15 × 4–6 μm; <span>C. litorale</span> Kantvilas, a saxicolous species containing atranorin and confluentic acid, recorded only from Tasmania, with relatively large, usually pale pinkish apothecia, 0.6–1.5 mm wide, non-capitate paraphyses, and 1(–2)-septate ascospores, 9–13 × 4−6 μm; and <span>C. saxatile</span> Kantvilas, a saxicolous species containing atranorin and lecanoric acid, also known only from Tasmania, with dark brown to black apothecia, 0.3–0.5 mm wide, pigmented with Laurocerasi-brown, capitate paraphyses, and 1-septate ascospores, 7–14 × 3–5 μm. The widespread, coastal Australasian species <span>Tylothallia verrucosa</span> (Müll. Arg.) Kantvilas is transferred to <span>Cliostomum</span>, with the additional synonym <span>Catillaria brisbanensis</span> Räsänen. <span>Megalaria variegata</span> (Müll. Arg.) D. J. Galloway, based on a New Zealand type, is a further synonym of <span>Cliostomum griffithii</span>. All species are illustrated and described on the basis of Australian and Tasmanian specimens.</p>","PeriodicalId":22878,"journal":{"name":"The Lichenologist","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140006498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The LichenologistPub Date : 2024-02-08DOI: 10.1017/s0024282923000634
Carlos G. Boluda, Nuru N. Kitara
{"title":"Placopsis craterifera (Trapeliaceae, Lecanoromycetes), a new lichen species from alpine habitats on Mount Meru, Tanzania","authors":"Carlos G. Boluda, Nuru N. Kitara","doi":"10.1017/s0024282923000634","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0024282923000634","url":null,"abstract":"During a field trip to the highlands of Mount Meru in Tanzania, two <jats:italic>Placopsis</jats:italic> specimens were collected. Morphological analyses showed a unique combination of characters not observed in any other published taxa within the genus. The specimens are characterized by their circular soralia, not confluent, crater-shaped, with a prominent white margin and coarse granular pinkish central soredia. Considering the morphological, geographical and genetic data, we propose the designation of a new species, <jats:italic>Placopsis craterifera</jats:italic> Boluda sp. nov.","PeriodicalId":22878,"journal":{"name":"The Lichenologist","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139765129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The LichenologistPub Date : 2024-01-25DOI: 10.1017/s0024282923000622
Andrea Goss, Silke Werth
{"title":"New microsatellite loci to quantify genetic diversity of the photosymbiodeme-forming lichen Sticta canariensis","authors":"Andrea Goss, Silke Werth","doi":"10.1017/s0024282923000622","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0024282923000622","url":null,"abstract":"<p><span>Sticta canariensis</span> is a lichen which is rare in all parts of its range in Atlantic Europe and Macaronesia, where it occurs in laurisilva forests, a habitat highly threatened by global change. Thus, this species is of high priority for inclusion in conservation programmes where genetic diversity should be considered. We have established new microsatellite loci and generated a dataset that demonstrates the genetic diversity of the lichen-forming fungus <span>S. canariensis</span> from eight locations across its disjunct range, in Macaronesia, Norway and England. We genotyped 25 microsatellite loci for 65 specimens and detected five genetic clusters which resemble major geographical divisions, specifically among the Macaronesian archipelagos. The total number of observed alleles ranged from 2 to 22. These are the first microsatellite markers developed for <span>S. canariensis</span> and they will be useful for population genetic studies and for conservation assessments.</p>","PeriodicalId":22878,"journal":{"name":"The Lichenologist","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139552330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The LichenologistPub Date : 2024-01-18DOI: 10.1017/s0024282923000580
Komal K. Ingle, Sanjeeva Nayaka, Dalip K. Upreti
{"title":"The lichen genus Pseudopyrenula (Trypetheliaceae) in India","authors":"Komal K. Ingle, Sanjeeva Nayaka, Dalip K. Upreti","doi":"10.1017/s0024282923000580","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0024282923000580","url":null,"abstract":"A survey of the lichen genus <jats:italic>Pseudopyrenula</jats:italic> in India is presented, with morphotaxonomic accounts of all six accepted species. Two species, <jats:italic>P. himalayana</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>P. megaspora</jats:italic>, are new to science. Both species resemble <jats:italic>P. staphyleae</jats:italic> but have a lichenized thallus and eccentric ostiole. Furthermore, <jats:italic>P. himalayana</jats:italic> differs from <jats:italic>P. staphyleae</jats:italic> in having immersed perithecia and narrower ascospores, while <jats:italic>P. megaspora</jats:italic> differs in the larger ascospores. Detailed descriptions of the new species are presented, together with notes on their chemistry, distribution, ecology and taxonomy. A key to all known species of <jats:italic>Pseudopyrenula</jats:italic> from India is also presented.","PeriodicalId":22878,"journal":{"name":"The Lichenologist","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139500655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The LichenologistPub Date : 2023-12-28DOI: 10.1017/s0024282923000579
Alice Gerlach, Philippe Clerc, Robert Lücking, Bibiana Moncada, Joevina Caballero Nobleza, Yoshihito Ohmura, Manuela Dal Forno
{"title":"The genus Usnea (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) in the southern Philippines: a first phylogenetic approach","authors":"Alice Gerlach, Philippe Clerc, Robert Lücking, Bibiana Moncada, Joevina Caballero Nobleza, Yoshihito Ohmura, Manuela Dal Forno","doi":"10.1017/s0024282923000579","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0024282923000579","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A first integrative survey of the genus <span>Usnea</span> in the southern Philippines, taking into account morphological, anatomical, chemical and molecular characters, resulted in the recognition of 20 taxa, including three species new to science: <span>Usnea angulata</span> Ach., <span>U. baileyi</span> (Stirt.) Zahlbr., <span>U. bismolliuscula</span> Zahlbr., <span>U. brasiliensis</span> (Zahlbr.) Motyka, <span>U. confusa</span> Asah., <span>U. croceorubescens</span> Stirt., <span>U. dasaea</span> Stirt., <span>U. himalayana</span> C. Bab., <span>U. krogiana</span> P. Clerc, <span>U. longissima</span> Ach., <span>U. nidifica</span> Taylor, <span>U. norsticornuta</span> A. Gerlach & P. Clerc sp. nov. (characterized by a moderately thick cortex and by the presence of norstictic acid), <span>U. paleograndisora</span> A. Gerlach & P. Clerc sp. nov. (characterized by an orange subcortical pigmentation in the medulla, with enlarging soralia and a moderately thick and shiny cortex), <span>U. pectinata</span> Taylor, <span>U. pygmoidea</span> (Asahina) Y. Ohmura, <span>U. rubicunda</span> Stirt., <span>U. rubrotincta</span> (Stirt.) Zahlbr., <span>U. spinulifera</span> (Vain.) Motyka, <span>U. subscabrosa</span> Motyka and <span>U. yoshihitoi</span> P. Clerc & A. Gerlach sp. nov. (characterized by a lax medulla with non-conglutinated hyphae). <span>Usnea krogiana</span> is a new record for Asia; <span>Usnea brasiliensis</span>, <span>Usnea confusa</span> and <span>U. croceorubescens</span> are new records for the Philippines. This is the first phylogenetic study to include DNA sequences of <span>Usnea</span> from the Philippines. Molecular data from the ITS rDNA (76 newly generated sequences) are presented for most taxa except for <span>U. himalayana</span>, <span>U. longissima</span> and <span>U. subscabrosa</span>. At least six further taxa remain unidentified, awaiting the collection of additional specimens.</p>","PeriodicalId":22878,"journal":{"name":"The Lichenologist","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139055807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The LichenologistPub Date : 2023-11-28DOI: 10.1017/s0024282923000555
Leena Myllys, Raquel Pino-Bodas, Saara Velmala, Li-Song Wang, Trevor Goward
{"title":"Multi-locus phylogeny of Bryoria reveals recent diversification and unexpected diversity in section Divaricatae","authors":"Leena Myllys, Raquel Pino-Bodas, Saara Velmala, Li-Song Wang, Trevor Goward","doi":"10.1017/s0024282923000555","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0024282923000555","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, the genus <jats:italic>Bryoria</jats:italic> (<jats:italic>Parmeliaceae</jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Lecanoromycetes</jats:italic>) has been the subject of considerable phylogenetic scrutiny. Here we used information on six gene regions, three nuclear protein-coding markers (<jats:italic>Mcm</jats:italic>7, <jats:italic>GAPDH</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Tsr</jats:italic>1), two nuclear ribosomal markers (ITS and IGS) and a partial mitochondrial small subunit (mtSSU), to examine infrageneric relationships in the genus and to assess species delimitation in the <jats:italic>Bryoria bicolor</jats:italic>/<jats:italic>B</jats:italic>. <jats:italic>tenuis</jats:italic> group in section <jats:italic>Divaricatae</jats:italic>. For this purpose, phylogenetic analyses and several of the available algorithms for species delimitation (ASAP, GMYC single, GMYC multiple and bPTP) were employed. We also estimated divergence times for the genus using *BEAST. Our phylogenetic analyses based on the combined data set of six gene loci support the monophyly of sections <jats:italic>Americanae</jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Divaricatae</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Implexae</jats:italic>, while section <jats:italic>Bryoria</jats:italic> is polyphyletic and groups in two clades. Species from <jats:italic>Bryoria</jats:italic> clade 1 are placed in an emended section <jats:italic>Americanae</jats:italic>. Our study reveals that section <jats:italic>Divaricatae</jats:italic> is young (<jats:italic>c</jats:italic>. 5 My) and is undergoing diversification, especially in South-East Asia and western North America. Separate phylogenetic analyses of section <jats:italic>Divaricatae</jats:italic> using ITS produced a topology congruent with the current species concepts. However, the remaining gene regions produced poorly resolved phylogenetic trees and the different species delimitation methods also generated highly inconsistent results, congruent with other studies that highlight the difficulty of species delimitation in groups with recent and rapid radiation. Based on our results, we describe the new species <jats:italic>B</jats:italic>. <jats:italic>ahtiana</jats:italic> sp. nov., characterized by its bicolorous, caespitose, widely divergent thallus, conspicuously thickening main stems, well-developed secondary branches, and rather sparse third-order branchlets. Another new lineage, referred to here as <jats:italic>B</jats:italic>. <jats:italic>tenuis</jats:italic> s. lat., is restricted to western North America and may represent a new species recently diverged from <jats:italic>B</jats:italic>. <jats:italic>tenuis</jats:italic> s. str., though further work is needed.","PeriodicalId":22878,"journal":{"name":"The Lichenologist","volume":"55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138529458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The LichenologistPub Date : 2023-11-28DOI: 10.1017/s0024282923000567
Ivan V. Frolov, Ilya A. Prokopiev, Liudmila A. Konoreva
{"title":"Neoplaca mirabilis, a new genus and a new epigaeic species containing naphthopyrans from the family Teloschistaceae","authors":"Ivan V. Frolov, Ilya A. Prokopiev, Liudmila A. Konoreva","doi":"10.1017/s0024282923000567","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0024282923000567","url":null,"abstract":"The production of anthraquinones is a major characteristic of most species in the <jats:italic>Teloschistaceae</jats:italic>. Other secondary metabolites are quite rare in this family, but some species are known to produce depsides, depsidones, xanthones and usnic acid. A new monotypic genus, <jats:italic>Neoplaca</jats:italic>, with a new species <jats:italic>N. mirabilis,</jats:italic> is described from the subfamily <jats:italic>Caloplacoideae</jats:italic> of the family <jats:italic>Teloschistaceae</jats:italic>, lacking anthraquinones but containing the naphthopyrans simonyellin and consimonyellin. This is the first time this class of organic compounds has been found in the family <jats:italic>Teloschistaceae</jats:italic> and the second in the order <jats:italic>Teloschistales</jats:italic>, where simonyellin has been detected in <jats:italic>Brigantiaeaceae</jats:italic>. Simonyellin and consimonyellin have also previously been reported in the family <jats:italic>Roccellaceae</jats:italic>. <jats:italic>Neoplaca mirabilis</jats:italic> is currently known from the two nearby localities in Yakutia, Russia, where it is common and grows on base-rich soil on exposed south-facing siliceous outcrops. The thallus consists of scattered whitish to greyish, or rarely with pale yellow tinge, squamules 1–4.5 mm diam. and 0.3–1 mm thick with citrine to orange-yellow blastidia produced from their margin; apothecia and pycnidia are unknown. In addition to naphthopyrans, <jats:italic>N. mirabilis</jats:italic> contains an unidentified brown pigment similar in some features to melanin. The new species is also interesting in that the pigments are apparently located inside the cells of the cortex, not on their surface, where anthraquinones are found in <jats:italic>Teloschistaceae</jats:italic>.","PeriodicalId":22878,"journal":{"name":"The Lichenologist","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138529466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The LichenologistPub Date : 2023-11-16DOI: 10.1017/s0024282923000543
Kento Miyazawa, Yoshihito Ohmura
{"title":"Byssoloma orientale (Pilocarpaceae, Ascomycota), a new species from East Asia","authors":"Kento Miyazawa, Yoshihito Ohmura","doi":"10.1017/s0024282923000543","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0024282923000543","url":null,"abstract":"A new species, <jats:italic>Byssoloma orientale</jats:italic> K. Miyaz. & Y. Ohmura, is described from East Asia. It is characterized by a minutely farinose light green thallus, apothecia with a well-developed byssoid margin that spreads laterally over the thallus surface, a pure black apothecial disc caused by the presence of an aeruginous pigment in the epithecium, (7–)9–12(–17)-septate cylindrical colourless ascospores, and oblong conidia. This species grows on living leaves as well as on tree bark. The molecular phylogenetic position of <jats:italic>B. orientale</jats:italic> within this genus was inferred based on mtSSU sequences, and the species was shown to be closely related to <jats:italic>B. vanderystii</jats:italic>, which has up to 7-septate ascospores and an absence of aeruginous pigment in the epithecium.","PeriodicalId":22878,"journal":{"name":"The Lichenologist","volume":"7 6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138529468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}