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The Identity of ‘Lecidea Cinnabarina’ in the British Isles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2007

B. J. Coppins
Affiliation:
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, UK.
P. W. James
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK.

Abstract

Most British collections hitherto identified as Lecidea cinnabarina Sommerf. are shown to belong to either Pertusaria pupillaris (Nyl.) Th. Fr. or to a sterile species tentatively assigned to Schismatomma as S. quercicola Coppins & P. James sp. nov. Notes are also provided on a problematical Pertusaria, resembling P. pupillaris and Lecidea cinnabarina s. str.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 1989

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