Lendemeriella vaczii, a new lichenized fungal species from Antarctic Peninsula-with a key to the genus Lendemeriella

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HALICI M. G., Bölükbaşı E., GÜLLÜ M., Yiğit M. K., Barták M.

CZECH POLAR REPORTS, cilt.13, sa.1, ss.1-9, 2023 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 13 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5817/cpr2023-1-1
  • Dergi Adı: CZECH POLAR REPORTS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-9
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Antarctica, biodiversity, Caloplacoidae, James Ross Island, Teloschistaceae
  • Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Lichens are most dominant elements of Antarctic terrestrial vegetation, however, they are still not well known. In this paper, Lendemerialla vaczii is described as a new lichen la, based on morphology and phylogenetic analysis. The new species is characterized by brownish cream or buff-colored areolate thallus lacking vegetative propagules, black and lecideine apothecia and very thin (up to 1 mu m) septa in ascospores. Phylogenetic analysis of nrITS sequence data shows that new species clusters in the genus Lendemeriella with a high bootstrap support. The new species is compared with other Lendemeriella species and other related crustose Teloschistaceae species without anthraquinones and a comprehensive description is provided. An identification key to 10 species of Lendemeriella is also provided.