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Buellia Laurocanariensis, a New Species from the Canary Islands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2007

Mireia Giralt
Affiliation:
Departament de Bioquímica i Biotecnologia (Área de Biologia Vegetal), Facultat ďEnologia de Tarragona, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Ramon i Cajal 70, 43005 Tarragona, Spain.
Javier Etayo
Affiliation:
Navarro Villoslada 16, 3° dcha., 31003, Pamplona, Spain.
Pieter van den Boom
Affiliation:
Arafura 16, 5691 JA Son, the Netherlands.

Abstract

A new corticolous species of Buellia is described from La Palma and La Gomera (Canary Islands). It is mainly characterized by its strongly ornamented, (l-2)-3-septate ascospores with apical and septa thickenings, which follow an ascospore-ontogeny of type B, and its chemistry. The new species is compared with the related Buellia lauricassiae (Fée) Mü. Arg. and B. lauricassiaeoides Aptroot. Illustrations of the ascospores of B. laurocanariensis and B. lauricassiaeoides are presented. A habit photograph of the new species is also provided.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 2002

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