Opegrapha acarosporae, a new lichenicolous fungus from India

Author:
Joshi Y., Bisht S. & Bansal P.
Year:
2025
Journal:
Taiwania
Pages:
70: 699–702
Url:
DOI: 10.6165/tai.2025.70.699
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A new species of lichenicolous fungus from India – Opegrapha acarosporae, colonising the thallus of Acarospora fusca is described from the alpine region of Central Himalaya. The taxon is characterized by warty ascomata bearing 4-spored asci having uniseriately arranged 3-septate hyaline ascospores measuring (15–)18–23(–25) × (5–)7–8(–8.5) µm with a brown granular perispore. Keyword: Acarospora fusca, Arthoniales, Himalaya, new taxon, Opegrapha pulvinata, Opegraphaceae.
Id:
39265
Submitter:
zpalice
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