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Pertusaria grassiae (Pertusariaceae), a new lichen species from Argentina

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 July 2004

María Inés MESSUTI
Affiliation:
Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Quintral 1250, 8400 S.C. de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina
Alan W. ARCHER
Affiliation:
National Herbarium of New South Wales, Mrs Macquaries Road, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
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Abstract

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A new corticolous species belonging to the lichen family Pertusariaceae, Pertusaria grassiae Messuti & A.W. Archer, is described from Tucumán Province, Argentina. It is characterized by disciform apothecia covered by a white to greyish white pruina, single-spored asci, ellipsoid and double-walled ascospores and the presence of atranorin.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© British Lichen Society 2004