Jejulea byssolomoides gen. et sp. nov., a Remarkable Pilocarpaceae (Lichen-Forming Ascomycetes) from Jeju Island, South Korea
- Author:
- Halda J. P., Woo J. J., Liu D., O, S. O., Joshi Y. & Hur J. S.
- Year:
- 2022
- Journal:
- Mycobiology
- Pages:
- 50: 172-180
- Url:
- doi:10.1080/12298093.2022.2081407
The new genus and species, Jejulea byssolomoides, is described from Jeju Island, Korea. This lichen is characterized by saxicolous, crustose, pale greenish-gray, partly finely filamentous, matt, smooth thallus, prominent convex brown to dark brown ascomata with a concolorous margin constricted at the dark brown base, 300-800 μm diameter, 200-250 μm high, without a distinct proper margin, adhering to the substratum ending in a minute byssoid white external part of cylindrical cells, fusiform 3-5 septate ascospores (17-23 x 4-5 μm). Phylogenetic analyses using ITS and mtSSU sequences place Jejulea in the Pilocarpaceae (Lecanorales). The new taxon is closely related to Byssoloma, a cosmopolitan group of foliicolous lichens, which is most diverse in the tropics. Like Byssoloma, Jejulea also forms a byssoid apothecial margin.: Pilocarpaceae, biodiversity, lichens, phylogeny, taxonomy, lichenicolous fungi, foliicolous lichens, records, ostropales, family, flora, Agriculture, Mycology
- Id:
- 34077
- Submitter:
- jph
- Post_time:
- Saturday, 10 September 2022 13:04