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Cercidospora alpina sp. nov. and a key to the known species in Fennoscandia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2006

Per G. IHLEN
Affiliation:
Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, SE-90187, Sweden
Mats WEDIN
Affiliation:
Department of Cryptogamic Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden

Abstract

The new fungus Cercidospora alpina is described from Sweden where it grows on the thallus of the crustose lichen Stereocaulon cumulatum. The ecology and distribution of the new species as well as its morphological similarities to related species are discussed. A key to the known species of Cercidospora occurring in Fennoscandia is provided.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© British Lichen Society 2007

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