ADDITIONS TO THE FAMILY MEGALOSPORACEAE IN TASMANIA AND MAINLAND AUSTRALIA

Authors
Citation
G. Kantvilas, ADDITIONS TO THE FAMILY MEGALOSPORACEAE IN TASMANIA AND MAINLAND AUSTRALIA, Lichenologist, 26, 1994, pp. 349-366
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
ISSN journal
00242829
Volume
26
Year of publication
1994
Part
4
Pages
349 - 366
Database
ISI
SICI code
0024-2829(1994)26:<349:ATTFMI>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Two new species are described: Megalospora occidentalis Kantvilas from Western Australia, with solitary muriform ascospores; M. pulverata Ka ntvilas from Tasmania, with typically two-spored asci and bicellular a scospores. The new combination M. melanodermia var. galactocarpa (Zahl br.) Kantvilas is proposed. Megalospora taylori Dodge, described from Tasmania, is a synonym of M. gompholoma subsp. fuscolineata Sipman. Ne w records are reported for Megalo-blastenia flavidoatra (Nyl.) Sipman (from Tasmania), Megalospora disjuncta Sipman (from New South Wales an d Queensland), and M. subtuberculosa (Knight) Sipman (from New South W ales). Additional data for Austroblastenia pupa Sipman, M. gompholoma subsp. fuscolineata Sipman and M. lopadioides Sipman, and a key for th e family in Australia are presented. M. disjuncta Sipman is lectotypif ied. Biogeographical and ecological patterns are discussed briefly.