Steinia australis, a new species in the lichen family Aphanopsidaceae

Authors
Kantvilas, G McCarthy, PM
Citation
G. Kantvilas et Pm. Mccarthy, Steinia australis, a new species in the lichen family Aphanopsidaceae, LICHENOLOGI, 31, 1999, pp. 555-558
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
LICHENOLOGIST
ISSN journal
00242829 → ACNP
Volume
31
Year of publication
1999
Part
6
Pages
555 - 558
Database
ISI
SICI code
0024-2829(199911)31:<555:SAANSI>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Steinia australis Kantvilas & P. M. McCarthy is described, based on a speci men from Tasmania. The new species, the second in the genus and only the th ird in the family Aphanopsidaceae, differs from S. geophana by its larger a scospores, well-developed exciple and scurfy, leprose thallus. (C) 1999 The British Lichen Society.