Lee B.G. & Hur J.-S.
(2020):
A new lichenized fungus, Lecanora baekdudaeganensis, from South Korea, with a taxonomic key for Korean Lecanora species -
MycoKeys,
70: 39–58
Lecanora baekdudaeganensis Lee & Hur is described as a new lichenized fungus from Baekdudaegan
Mountains, South Korea. The new species is classified into the Lecanora subfusca group – allophana type
and distinguishable from Lecanora imshaugii Brodo by a darker thallus, brownish disc, K–insoluble granules
on the surface of the epihymenium, shorter hypothecium, and the presence of oil droplets in the
apothecial section. Molecular analyses employing internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and mitochondrial
small …
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