DNA barcodes reveal unrecognized species diversity in Peltigera sect. Peltigera in Norway, including the new species P. jonii

Author:
Timdal E. & Gjerlaug H.C.
Year:
2023
Journal:
Graphis Scripta
Pages:
35(4): 30–65
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Phylogenetic analyses of 140 ITS sequences from Norwegian material of Peltigera sect. Peltigera obtained mainly by the Norwegian DNA barcode project OLICH indicate the presence of 26 putative species. Among those, we accept 18 taxonomic species, including the new species Peltigera jonii Timdal & Gjerlaug (also reported from a soil sample from Alaska), four species new to Fennoscandia (P. “fuscoponojensis”, P. islandica, P. “neorufescens” 3, and P. “neorufescens” 5), and an unnamed species closely resembling P. lepidophora. Peltigera monticola is here included in a highly variable P. ponojensis. We also report new localities for the rarely identified species P. “neocanina” and P. wulingensis.
Id:
35469
Submitter:
zpalice
Post_time:
Wednesday, 31 May 2023 11:46