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Two new species of Lichenothelia (Lichenotheliaceae) from Iran

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 May 2016

Tahereh VALADBEIGI ,
Matthias SCHULTZ  and
Wolfgang VON BRACKEL
Tahereh VALADBEIGI
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Ilam, P. O. Box 69315516. Ilam, Iran. Email: t_valadbeigi@sbu.ac.ir
Matthias SCHULTZ
Affiliation:
Herbarium Hamburgense, Biocenter Klein Flottbek, University of Hamburg, Ohnhorststr. 18, D-22609 Hamburg, Germany
Wolfgang VON BRACKEL
Affiliation:
Institute for Vegetation Studies and Landscape Ecology, Georg-Eger-Str. 1b, 91334 Hemhofen, Germany
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Abstract

Two new species of Lichenothelia, both from Iran, are described. Lichenothelia iranica is characterized by a black thallus with often finely lobate, slightly effigurate, not areolate margins, eight non-amyloid spores per ascus and 1–3-septate ascospores with 1–2 longitudinal or oblique septa. Lichenothelia ilamensis is distinguished by a black areolate, fissured, slightly effigurate or rarely lobulate thallus. The areoles are confluent and aggregated in the centre, becoming dispersed towards the margin, and the asci contain (4–)6(–8) non-amyloid, 1-septate spores.

Keywords

AscomycotabiodiversityDothideomycetesfungitaxonomy
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The Lichenologist , Volume 48 , Issue 3 , May 2016 , pp. 191 - 199
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© British Lichen Society, 2016 

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