Maass W.S.G.
(1986):
Moelleropsis (Lecanorales) as a component of Erioderma habitats in Atlantic Canada,
Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science,
37: 21-36
One of the many sterile epiphytic lichens from high humidily forest habitats in Atlantic Canada has
been identified as belonging to Moelleropsis (Lecanorales). The assignment was made on the basis of
the granular, virtually undifferentiated thallus which is remarkably similar to that of the European M.
nebulosa (Hoffm.) Gyeln., but pseudofruticose ramifications from the thallus surface and fruiting
bodies were not observed. The Canadian Moelleropsis is described as a subspecies of M. nebulosa,
namely …
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