NEW SPECIES AND NEW RECORDS OF LECANORA S STR FROM WESTERN NORTH-AMERICA

Authors
LUMBSCH HT NASH TH
Citation
Ht. Lumbsch et Th. Nash, NEW SPECIES AND NEW RECORDS OF LECANORA S STR FROM WESTERN NORTH-AMERICA, The Bryologist, 98(3), 1995, pp. 398-401
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
The Bryologist → ACNP
ISSN journal
00072745
Volume
98
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
398 - 401
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-2745(1995)98:3<398:NSANRO>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Two saxicolous species of Lecanora are described as new to science. Le canora brodoana Lumbsch & Nash from Mexico and southwestern USA contai ns usnic acid, atranorin, and zeorin and has orbicular, coalescing sor alia. Lecanora neosonorensis Lumbsch & Nash contains atranorin and 2'- O-methylperlatolic acid and has pruinose discs. Lecanora helva and L. plumosa are reported as new for North America and L. gangaleoides and L. pseudistera are new for Mexico.