Katalog - Lichenological literature

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Dose S., Nimis P.L., Muggia L. & Gasparyan A. (2025): A contribution to the lichenological knowledge of Armenia, Herzogia, 38: 390–404

Small, sporadic collections of lichens and lichenicolous fungi in 11 sites of Armenia were carried out in late summer 2024, producing a list of 151 infrageneric taxa, 50 of which proved to be new to Armenia. They are published here as a contribution to a forthcoming new checklist for the country. Furthermore, two new combinations are here proposed: Glaucomaria rupicola subsp. subplanata (Nyl.) Dose & Nimis comb. nov. and Protoparmeliopsis muralis var. subcartilaginea (A.Massal. ex Poelt) Dose & … Read more...

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Knudsen K., Kocourková J., Kondrysová E., Jedličková L., Hollinger J., Noell N., Leavitt S., Manzitto-Tripp E. & Watts J.L. (2025): Five new species of Acarosporaceae (Acarosporales, Lecanoromycetes) from southwestern North America, Herzogia, 38: 405–427

Five new species of Acarosporaceae are described from southwestern North America: Acarospora alboparasitica, A. dividens, Sarcogyne alpina, S. basialba, and S. diffusa from Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah. We publish new sequences of A. rouxii, A. subcontigua, A. subcontigua var. invadens and Sarcogyne dakotensis from North America and A. marcii, A. saxonica, and S. oceanica from Europe. Neoacrodontiella is rejected as an eighth genus of Acarosporaceae. Key words: Acarospora similis, … Read more...

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Sarhan M.S., Abdalrahem A., Maixner F. & Fuchsberger C. (2026): De novo assembly of complete circular mitochondrial genomes from 2,695 fungal species, Scientific Data, 13: 28 [5 p.]

Fungal mitochondrial genomes are critical for understanding phylogenetics, evolution, and ecology of the Kingdom Fungi, yet they remain underrepresented in public databases. To address this, we developed a workflow to recover mitochondrial genomes from 12,902 fungal short read sequencing data housed in the Sequence Read Archive (SRA) records, assembling complete circular genomes from 2,695 species. This effort expanded fungal mitochondrial genome diversity by nearly 2.3X particularly in understudied … Read more...

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Le T.T.V., Nguyen T.L., Tram N.K.T., Luong T.T. & Vo T.P.G. (2024): Newly recorded corticolous lichens for Vietnam, Taiwania, 69: 104–108

This study contributes to the diversity of Vietnamese lichens with four new records for the country, including Nigrovothelium bullatum and Pyrenula confinis in urban areas and Leptogium phyllocarpum and Gabura fascicularis in central highlands. Amongst these, G. fascicularis is the first record of Arctomiaceae in Vietnam. The morphology, distribution, ecology and illustrations of all four species are provided. Keyword: Arctomiaceae, Collemataceae, Gabura, Ho Chi Minh City, new records, Pyrenulaceae, … Read more...

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Joshi Y., Bisht S. & Bansal P. (2025): Opegrapha acarosporae, a new lichenicolous fungus from India, Taiwania, 70: 699–702

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. Read more...

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Joshi Y., Bisht S., Bansal P. & Meena S. (2025): The lichenicolous genus Polycoccum Saut. ex Körb. from India, Taiwania, 70: 474–479

Polycoccum rinodinae var. galligenum, the third taxon associated with the lichen genus Rinodina is described as a new variety to science from alpine regions of Uttarakhand, India. The new variety is primarily characterised by small, gall-like deformations on the thallus of its host, 8-spored asci, with 1-septate, hyaline to brown, uniseriately or irregularly arranged verruculose ascospores. Additionally, three other Polycoccum species are reported for the first time in India, expanding their known … Read more...

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Ren Q., Yi L.-Q. & Sun Z.-S. (2025): Taxonomic novelties in Lepra (Ascomycota, Pertusariaceae): a new species from China and four new combinations for isidiate species, Taiwania, 70: 339–342

Lepra picrolichenica sp. nov., collected from Guangxi and Guangdong Provinces in China, is described and illustrated. The new species is distinguished by the cylindrical fragile isidia with pink or orange-red rounded apices and presence of picrolichenic acid. Four species of the lichen genus Pertusaria s.lat. are transferred to the genus Lepra Scop., and diagnostic characteristics of each species are briefly described. A key to all 14 isidiate species of Lepra lacking xanthones and occurring on bark … Read more...

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Miyazawa K. & Ohmura Y. (2026): Noteworthy foliicolous lichens and a lichenicolous fungus collected from Okinawa Island, southern Japan, Taiwania, 71: 159–184

Based on field surveys conducted from 2020 to 2024 on Okinawa Island, southern Japan, a total of 26 genera, 51 species, and one subspecies of foliicolous lichens, together with one lichenicolous fungus, were identified. Among them, seven foliicolous lichens are newly recorded from Japan, including Badimia polillensis, Byssoloma brunneodiscum, B. melanodiscocarpum (= B. discordans var. flavescens, syn. nov.), Gyalectidium imperfectum, Porina perminuta, Strigula pseudosubtilissima, and S. smaragdula … Read more...

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Ren Q., Paukov A.G., Davydov E.A., Sohrabi M. & Alverdiyeva S. (2026): A new species of Circinaria (C. yiae) from China revealed by morphological and molecular evidence, with the elevation of C. hispidoides to species rank, Taiwania, 71: 147–153

A survey of lichen diversity in the eastern Inner Mongolia (Northeast China) has revealed a new species of the genus Circinaria described herein based on morphological and molecular evidence. The new species, Circinaria yiae, is characterized by its saxicolous, crustose, rimose to areolate, greyish olive-brown thallus surrounded by a white-grey prothallus. Peripheral lobes of thalli are enlarged and elongated, giving it a lobate appearance. Central areoles are moderately to strongly convex, producing … Read more...

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Popova S. & Shivarov V.V. (2026): Revealing the lichenised and lichenicolous diversity of Parangalitsa Reserve, Bulgaria: first records of two noteworthy species for the country, Historia naturalis bulgarica, 48(2): 39–45

The study presents two noteworthy new records for Bulgaria, Gyalecta flotowii and Microcalicium disseminatum. Both species were found in the Parangalitsa Reserve, which is expected to be one of the hotspots for lichen biodiversity in the country but remains understudied. Gyalecta flotowii is a rare crustose lichen occurring on deciduous trees. Microcalicium disseminatum is a lichenicolous fungus that grows on calicioid lichens and represents the first record of this genus from Bulgaria. Both … Read more...