Plant and Fungal Systematics (Dec 2019)
Lepraria juanfernandezii , a new lichen species from the Southern Hemisphere
Abstract
Lepraria juanfernandezii is described as a new species. It differs from all other species of Lepraria by its aggregate thallus with sparse prothallus hyphae, the absence of a hypothallus, the presence of divaricatic acid and the absence of zeorin, and its occurrence in the Southern Hemisphere. A key to all species of Lepraria containing divaricatic acid is given.
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