Further notes on and additions to the thelotremoid Graphidaceae (lichenised fungi) in Tasmania, with the description of six new species
- Author:
- Kantvilas G.
- Year:
- 2025
- Journal:
- Phytotaxa
- Pages:
- 715(2): 101–116
- Url:
- https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.715.2.1
The following new taxa are described, based principally on collections from Tasmania: Diploschistes infestans Kantvilas, also present in New Zealand and subantarctic Macquarie Island, a lichenicolous species on Stereocaulon, with (2–)4–6(–8)-spored asci and ellipsoid, muriform ascospores, 26–46 × 12–22 μm, with 5–7(–8) transverse and 1–3 longitudinal septa; Thelotrema oleariae Kantvilas, with 8-spored asci and fusiform, faintly amyloid, grey-brown to brown, sparingly muriform ascospores, 35–78 × 9–15 μm, with 10–15 transverse and 0–1 longitudinal septa; T. pinicola Kantvilas, with generally 8-spored asci and fusiform-ellipsoid, non-amyloid, brown to grey-brown, richly muriform ascospores, 44–130 × 14–30 μm, with c. 20–30 transverse and up to 5 longitudinal septa; T. subdefectum Kantvilas, with (6–)8-spored asci and ellipsoid, faintly amyloid, hyaline, muriform ascospores, 25–46 × 10–20 μm, with 5–8 transverse and 1–3 longitudinal septa; Topeliopsis obscura Kantvilas, with 4–8-spored asci, hyaline, fusiform to narrowly ellipsoid, non-amyloid ascospores, 50–122 × 9–22 μm, with 9–19 transverse septa, and usually containing traces of stictic acid; T. scopulana Kantvilas, a saxicolous species with a relatively thick, well-developed thallus lacking lichen substances, 2-spored asci, and hyaline, richly muriform, ellipsoid, intensely amyloid ascospores, 44–110 × 13–34 μm, with (8–)10–15 transverse and 1–4 longitudinal septa. Identification keys for Thelotrema and Topeliopsis in Tasmania and southern Australia are provided. Ocellularia jugalis Müll.Arg. is a new synonym for Thelotrema bicavatum Nyl. Catillaria stereocaularum (Th.Fr.) H.Oliver, a further parasite on Stereocaulon, is recorded for Australasia (Tasmania) for the first time.
Key words: Athrotaxis, Australia, Catillaria, Diploschistes, lichenicolous fungi, new species, New Zealand, Thelotrema, Topeliopsis.
- Id:
- 38847
- Submitter:
- zpalice
- Post_time:
- Monday, 25 August 2025 11:08

