LICHENICOLOUS FUNGI FROM THE WESTERN PYRENEES, FRANCE AND SPAIN - IV - ASCOMYCETES

Twenty species of lichenicolous ascomycetes are recorded for the weste rn Pyrenees. Capronia hypotrachynae Etayo & Diederich (on Hypotrachyna species, also known from the Canary Islands and from Papua New Guinea ), Llimoniella pubescens Etayo & Diederich (on Lepraria species, also from Scotland and Papua New Guinea), Polycoccum microcarpum Diederich & Etayo (on Cladonia species, also from Scotland), Skyttea megalospora e Etayo & Diederich (on Megalospora tuberculosa), Sphaerellothecium ci nerascens Etayo & Diederich (on Cladonia parasitical) and S. parmeliae Diederich & Etayo (on Pamelia s. str., also from Finland) are describ ed as new. (C) 1998 The British Lichen Society.