Open AccessTwo new species of Multiclavula (lichenized basidiomycetes) from savanna soils in Rwanda (East Africa)
Author(s) -
FISCHER EBERHARD,
ERTZ DAMIEN,
KILLMANN DOROTHEE,
SÉRUSIAUX EMMANUËL
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
botanical journal of the linnean society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.872
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1095-8339
pISSN - 0024-4074
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00717.x
Subject(s) - thallus , biology , genus , soil water , lichen , botany , ecology
Two new species of Multiclavula are described from Rwanda: M. akagerae , with a thallus consisting of turgescent glomerules, and M. rugaramae , with a thallus composed of flattened, rounded, marginate, and dispersed squamules. They grow on soil in frequently burned savannas or on lateritic soils in eastern Rwanda. The genus Lepidostroma should probably be reduced into synonymy with Multiclavula . © 2007 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2007, 155 , 457–465.