Svensson M. & Westberg M.
(2021):
A new lichenicolous species of Carbonea (Ascomycota, Lecanoraceae) from northern Sweden -
Phytotaxa,
522(3): 221–230
Carbonea is a widely distributed genus of lecideoid fungi, including both lichenized and non-lichenized, often parasitic species.
We describe the new, non-lichenized species Carbonea tephromelae, based on material collected in the Swedish part of
the Scandes. The new species is characterized by a colourless hypothecium, broadly ellipsoid to globose ascospores, and by
growing on the thallus of the common saxicolous lichen Tephromela atra. It is similar to the likewise lichenicolous species
C. …
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