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Omphalina foliacea, a new basidiolichen from America
Author(s) -
Jørgensen Per M.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
nordic journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1756-1051
pISSN - 0107-055X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1989.tb00990.x
Subject(s) - thallus , biology , lichen , hypha , botany , taxonomy (biology) , fragmentation (computing) , asexual reproduction , ecology
A relatively large Leptogium ‐like lichen overgrowing mosses in wet paramos has been discovered in the northern Andes and Costa Rica. It has, however, a green photobiont and basidiomycete hyphae. No fruitbodies have been observed, only asexual reproduction by fragmentation of the fragile thallus and by goniocysts formed on the ecorticate lower surface. Some aspects of the taxonomy of Omphalina are briefly discussed.