Fourteen new Carbacanthographis species from the Neotropics, with ecological observation

Abstract

A revision of neotropical specimens of the genus Carbacanthographis ( Graphidaceae , lichenized fungi) revealed the presence of 14 undescribed species: Carbacanthographis bulbosa , C. clandestinospora , C. cristata , C. denudata , C. granulosa , C. inspersomarcescens , C. isidiata , C. latisporoides , C. lucidocleitops , C. minutissima , C. multiseptatoides , C. nigra , C. nitida , and C. protocristata . They are presented below. The genus appears to have a diversity center in semideciduous forests of northern South America, with up to 7 different species on a single tree

Keywords

• altitudinal zonation
• lichen systematics
• primary forest
• semi-deciduous forest
• tree inventory