Open AccessLichens and Lichenicolous Fungi of Yosemite National Park, California
Author(s) -
Martin Hutten,
Ulf Arup,
Othmar Breuß,
Theodore L. Esslinger,
Alan M. Friday,
Kerry Knudsen,
James C. Lendemer,
Christian Printzen,
Heather T. Root,
Mattias Schultz,
J Sheard,
Tor Tønsberg,
Bruce McCune
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
north american fungi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.411
H-Index - 11
ISSN - 1937-786X
DOI - 10.2509/naf2013.008.011
Subject(s) - lichen , national park , geography , ecology , biology , archaeology
We compiled literature, intensively studied 15 sites as a group, and collected opportunistically in other areas of the Yosemite National Park. We report a total of 562 species of lichenized fungi from the Park, adding 461 species to the total of 101 species reported for the Park by the National Park Service database. An additional 22 lichenicolous fungi are reported here. Two nonlichenized fungi associated with young living twigs of particular host species are also included. An additional 75 species that are known from nearby areas in the Sierra Nevada, but not yet from Yosemite, are listed. Fourteen species are apparently newly reported for the Sierra Nevada, with an additional 17 species new to California, and five species new to North America (Gyalidea fritzei, Pyrenopsis reducta, Lecanora pseudosarcopidoides, L. sarcopidoides, L. subravida). Two taxonomic changes are included here: Verrucaria carbonusta Breuss is newly described, and Lecidea fuscoatrina Hertel & Leuckert is synonymized under the earlier but neglected name, L. cascadensis H. Magn