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Aspicilia uxoris, an epiphytic species from Algeria, Morocco and Spain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 February 2007

Víctor J. RICO
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biología Vegetal II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain. Email: [email protected]
Gregorio ARAGÓN
Affiliation:
Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, ESCET, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, c/ Tulipán s/n., E-28933 Móstoles (Madrid), Spain
Joël ESNAULT
Affiliation:
Université Rennes 1, UMP6553, Campus Beaulieu 35042, Rennes CEDEX, France

Abstract:

Aspicilia uxoris is proposed as a new combination for a species known from Algeria, Morocco and Spain. It grows on bark and lignum of Cedrus atlantica, Juniperus spp. and Pinus halepensis in the western Mediterranean Region. It is characterized by spore and conidia sizes, granular epihymenium on the surface of paraphyses and a typical apothecial structure and development. The ecology and distribution of the species and a comparison with other epiphytic taxa of the genus are discussed. Notes on the identity of Aspicilia lignicola are provided. Lectotypes for Aspicilia cinerea var. vulgaris f. lignicola, Lecanora lignicola and Lecanora uxoris are designated.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 2007

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