Two new species of the lichenized genus Lasioloma (Byssolomataceae) from Asia

Author:
Wang W., Abas A., Wei X., Qian X. & Wei J.
Year:
2023
Journal:
The Lichenologist
Pages:
55(1): 27-33
Url:
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0024282923000014
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Two new species of the lichenized genus Lasioloma are described from Asia: Lasioloma longiramosum W. C. Wang & A. Abas (collected from Malaysia), is characterized by a distinct woolly prothallus between dispersed thallus patches, comparatively small, muriform ascospores, long filiform conidia (main branch 22–28 μm in length, the other three branches 65–80 μm) and a foliicolous habitat; L. verrucosum W. C. Wang & X. L. Wei (collected from China), is characterized by a warted thallus, filiform conidia (main branch 22–32 μm in length, the other three branches 50–65 μm) and a corticolous habitat. The placement of both new species was confirmed by a molecular phylogenetic approach based on combined ITS, mtSSU and mtLSU sequences, and both are compared in detail to other similar species of the genus. Our study also revealed that the length of the conidial branches, which has not been explored in previous studies, should be regarded as an important feature for species delimitation in Lasioloma. China, conidia, foliicolous lichens, Malaysia, mtLSU
Id:
35233
Submitter:
jph
Post_time:
Friday, 17 March 2023 10:28