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- Title
Circinaria nimisii (Megasporaceae , lichenized Ascomycota), a new manna lichen from Greece.
- Authors
Sohrabi, Mohammad; Leavitt, Steven D.; Obermayer, Walter; Mayrhofer, Helmut
- Abstract
The manna lichens, a group of vagrant species with subfruticose and subfoliose thalli in the genus Circinaria Link, have received attention for millennia. Here, a new manna lichen species, Circinaria nimisii sp. nov. (Megasporaceae), is described and illustrated. This vagrant lichen is found on Mount Olympus in Greece and is the fourth known manna lichen in Europe. The new taxon is characterized by its subfruticose, densely-branched thallus with a muddy, earthy colour, whitish pseudocyphellae on tips of branches, mature apothecia distinctly adnate to stipitate, and paraplectenchymatous cortex tissue. Molecular sequence data from the standard barcoding marker (nrITS) also corroborate the distinction of this species from closely related congeners. Finally, Agrestia zerovii , previously known only from its type locality in Ukraine, is proposed as a new synonym of Circinaria hispida.
- Subjects
GREECE; UKRAINE; ASCOMYCETES; THALLUS; SYNONYMS; SPECIES; LICHENS; COLOR
- Publication
Lichenologist, 2023, Vol 55, Issue 5, p367
- ISSN
0024-2829
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0024282923000336