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Three new species of siphuloid lichens, with a first key to the genus Parasiphula

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 February 2023

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Gintaras Kantvilas*
Affiliation:
Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, P.O. Box 5058, UTAS LPO, Sandy Bay, Tasmania 7005, Australia
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Author for correspondence: Gintaras Kantvilas. E-mail: Gintaras.Kantvilas@tmag.tas.gov.au
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Abstract

The term ‘siphuloid’ is introduced for a suite of distinct lichen genera with a superficially similar foliose to fruticose morphology, notably Siphula, Siphulella, Siphulopsis, Parasiphula and Knightiellastrum. Three new species are described: Parasiphula squamosa Kantvilas (from Tasmania and New Zealand), characterized by a whitish grey, squamulose or minutely foliose thallus lacking lichen substances or containing traces of atranorin; Siphula capensis Kantvilas (from southern Africa), containing baeomycesic and squamatic acids, and characterized by robust, broadly flattened, rounded lobes with thickened apices; and S. crittendenii (from the Caribbean but with an outlying collection from Queensland, Australia), an epiphytic species containing thamnolic acid, with fragile, flattened lobes mostly to 10 mm long and 1−5 mm wide, with ragged or much-divided apices. Salient features of the species of Parasiphula are summarized and a first key for this genus is presented. Infrageneric problems in Siphula are also discussed briefly.

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Caribbean islandsCoccotremataceaeIcmadophilaceaenew speciessouthern AfricaTasmaniataxonomy
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The Lichenologist , Volume 55 , Issue 1 , January 2023 , pp. 17 - 25
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the British Lichen Society

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