Chlorangium ahmadii sp. nov. and Circinaria darelensis sp. nov. two new species of lichenized Ascomycetes from Pakistan
- Author:
- Din A.U., Iqbal M.S., Khalid A.N. & Niazi A.R.
- Year:
- 2024
- Journal:
- Plant Systematics and Evolution
- Pages:
- 310: 13 [8 p.]
- Url:
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-024-01893-3
Chlorangium ahmadii sp. nov. and Circinaria darelensis sp. nov. are described as new species from Pakistan. A comparative
morpho-anatomical, chemical study and ITS-based molecular analyses confrmed the positions of these species within the
genera Chlorangium and Circinaria. Chlorangium ahmadii sp. nov. difers from its closely related species, C. alpicola in
having light brown to whitish-brown thallus (vs. brownish-grey to greyish-green), fat to concave apothecial disc (vs. concave
to convex when young, becoming more fat when old), smaller exciple 20–35 μm (vs. 65–85 μm) and larger ascospores
27–40×22–25 μm (vs. 19–24×19–23 μm). Circinaria darelensis sp. nov. is distinguished from its closely related species,
C. maculata in having crustose-areolate light brown to greyish-brown thallus (vs. areolate, brown, olive brown to dark olive),
absence of lobes (vs. presence), taller hymenium 120–190 μm (vs. 100–125 µm) and smaller ascospores 14–17×6–10 μm
(vs. 22.5–27.5×15–20 µm).
Keywords: Balochistan · Darel · Gilgit Baltistan · Killa Saifullah · Phylogenetic study.
- Id:
- 36411
- Submitter:
- zpalice
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