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Issue: Vol. 642 No. 1: 26 Mar. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-03-26
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.642.1.8
Page range: 95-103
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Sclerococcum glaucomarioides: a new geographical record from China

Centre of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, School of Public Health, Zunyi Medical University, Guizhou Province 563000, China
Centre of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China
Meise Botanic Garden, Research Department, Nieuwelaan 38, 1860 Meise, Belgium, Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Service Général de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique, rue A. Lavallée 1, 1080 Bruxelles, Belgium
Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China
School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
School of Pharmacy, Zunyi Medical University, Guizhou Province 563000, China
Fungi Dactylosporaceae multi-gene new record taxonomy

Abstract

The lichenicolous species Sclerococcum glaucomarioides growing on the lichen Ochrolechia akagiensis is newly reported from China. This study provides an illustration and morphological description for this species, complemented by phylogenetic analyses based on ITS, LSU and mtSSU sequence data. The taxon is characterized by adpressed to sessile apothecia that are round to angular with black disc, hymenium with brownish color, 25–40 μm high, broadly cylindrical to subclavate 8-spored asci, 20–30 × 10–15 μm, with euamyloid apical cap and brown ascospores with 2–3 transverse septa.

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