A world key to species of the genus Bactrospora (Roccellaceae) with a new species from Brazil

Abstract

The new corticolous lichen species Bactrospora angularis is described from Brazil. It has apothecia that are usually irregular in outline and transversely (19–)28–35-septate, filiform ascospores (85–)120–150 × 5–7 μm with some constrictions. A revised world key is given to all currently known species of Bactrospora.

Diversity of foliicolous lichens in isolated montane rainforests (Brejos) of northeastern Brazil and their biogeography in a neotropical context

“…Currently, more than 800 species of FLF are known (Lücking, 2008a;Lücking, Hodkinson, & Leavitt, 2017), including species described recently (e.g., Farkas, Elix, & Flakus, 2012;Neuwirth, Stocker-Wörgötter, Boonpragob, & Saipunkaew, 2014;Sanders & Lücking, 2015;van den Broeck, Lücking, & Ertz, 2014). The majority of studies on the biodiversity and ecology of these organisms have so far scarce, focusing on their composition and habitat preferences (Cáceres, Lücking, & Rambold, 2008a), with some additional recent inventories and discoveries of new taxa Cáceres, Mota, de Jesus, & Aptroot, 2013;Sobreira, Aptroot, & Cárceres, 2015; Xavier-Leite, .…”

“…Thus far, diversity studies were performed in these ecosystems only on plants, mammals, insects and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Assis et al, ; Locatelli, Machado, & Medeiros, ; Pôrto, Germano, & Borges, ; Rodal & Nascimento, ; Rodal & Sales, ; Souza, Languth, & Amaral, ). Studies on lichenized fungi in general in Brejos have been scarce, focusing on their composition and habitat preferences (Cáceres, Lücking, & Rambold, ), with some additional recent inventories and discoveries of new taxa (Aptroot et al, ; Cáceres, Mota, de Jesus, & Aptroot, ; Sobreira, Aptroot, & Cárceres, ; Xavier‐Leite, Menezes, Aptroot, & Cáceres, ).…”

Contributions to the lichen genus Cresponea (Roccellaceae)

“…Descriptions of this species are provided by Egea & Torrente (1993 b ) and Elix (2007). It is widespread in the tropics, ranging from Central America and the Caribbean Islands to South America, the Seychelles, India and South-East Asia (Sobreira et al 2015). This species was first reported for Australia by Rogers (2018).…”

Bactrospora totonacae (Arthoniales, Ascomycota), una nueva especie de Veracruz, México

“…The genus is represented by approximately 38 species, considering the 34 accepted species (Lücking et al, 2017;Wijayawardene et al, 2018) and some of them recently described (van den Boom et al, 2018;Herrera-Campos et al, 2019). Bactrospora has a cosmopolitan distribution, both in tropical and temperate ecosystems (Egea and Torrente, 1993;Sobreira et al, 2015), with several species that are only known from the type locality (Egea and Torrente, 1993;Sobreira et al, 2015). This can be explained since Bactrospora specimens can be confused with non-lichenized fungi, being discarded by lichenologists (Sobreira et al, 2015).…”

“…Bactrospora has a cosmopolitan distribution, both in tropical and temperate ecosystems (Egea and Torrente, 1993;Sobreira et al, 2015), with several species that are only known from the type locality (Egea and Torrente, 1993;Sobreira et al, 2015). This can be explained since Bactrospora specimens can be confused with non-lichenized fungi, being discarded by lichenologists (Sobreira et al, 2015). According to Grube (1998) and Sobreira et al (2015), this genus belongs to the family Roccellaceae.…”