ORIGINAL ARTICLE
A new species of Diploschistes (Lecanoromycetes) occurring on Stereocaulon from the Pacific Northwest of North America
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The Field Museum, 1400 S. DuSable Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL
60605, USA
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Dept. Botany & Plant Pathology, 2701 SW Campus Way, Oregon
State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 USA
Publication date: 2023-12-29
Plant and Fungal Systematics 2023; 68(2): 335-339
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ABSTRACT
We describe Diploschistes stereocaulorum as a new species of lichenized fungi
growing on phyllocladia and stalks of Stereocaulon in the Pacific Northwest of North
America. The larger ascospores of this species, the absence of a noticeable thallus, and the
ITS barcode locus distinguish it from D. muscorum, which has been reported as growing
on Stereocaulon, but has smaller ascospores and a distinct thallus. In phylogenetic reconstruction,
the new species is sister to D. diacapsis, albeit without support.
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