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Issue: Vol. 197 No. 3: 16 February 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-02-16
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.197.3.3
Page range: 197–206
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 1

Ten new species of corticolous pyrenocarpous lichens from NE Brazil

ABL Herbarium, G.v.d.Veenstraat 107, NL-3762 XK Soest, The Netherlands
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, CEP: 49100-000, São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brazil.
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, CEP: 49100-000, São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brazil.
Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, CEP: 50670-901, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, CEP: 49100-000, São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brazil. Departamento de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, CEP: 49500-000, Itabaiana, Sergipe, Brazil
Atlantic rain forest Anisomeridium Caatinga Pernambuco Pyrenula Sergipe Thelenella

Abstract

Ten corticolous pyrenocarpous lichens are newly described from different forest biomes in NE Brazil. All were collected in the past two years in Atlantic rain forest or Caatinga vegetation in Pernambuco or Sergipe. The following species are described: Anisomeridium globosum, Pyrenula abditicarpa, P. albonigra, P. aurantiacorubra, P. celaticarpa, P. cinnabarina, P. inspersicollaris, P. musaespora, P. rubrolateralis, and Thelenella lateralis.