Diploschistes wui sp. nov., an overlooked saxicolous lichen from Northwestern China
- Author:
- Ababaikeli G., Abdulla A., Abbas A., Guo S.-Y. & Tumur A.
- Year:
- 2018
- Journal:
- Mycotaxon
- Pages:
- 133(1): 141–148
- Url:
Diploschistes wui is described as a new species, based on three collections
from Xinjiang in Northwestern China. It is characterized by a bluish gray and thin thallus,
epruinose discs, small, 8-spored asci, and small ascospores. The new lichen resembles
D. rampoddensis but is readily distinguished by the absence of surface crystals and pruinose
discs. It grows on rocks at elevations above 1800 m. Our ITS rDNA sequence analyses
support this species as independent.
Key words—biodiversity, central Asia, Graphidaceae, Ostropales, taxonomy.
- Id:
- 29172
- Submitter:
- zdenek
- Post_time:
- Wednesday, 09 May 2018 17:04