Lecanora Ach., in Luyken, Tent. Hist. Lich.: 90 (1809). Index Fungorum number: IF 2687; MycoBank number: MB 2687 Notes – Lecanora is a large, heterogeneous and possibly paraphyletic genus. Some species of this group are well-defined. Below we describe a new species in the somewhat aberrant Lecanora marginata (Schaer.) Hertel & Rambold group (Rambold 1989). [...]
Lecanora immersocalcarea Aptroot, M.F. Souza & Spielmann, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 900069; MycoBank number: MB 900069; Facesoffungi: FoF 13390; Fig. 1 Saxicolous Lecanora on limestone with thallus 0.5–0.8(- 2.0) mm thick, very pale ochraceous white, apothecia immersed in the thallus, black, immature. Etymology – Named for the immersed apothecia and the calcareous habitat. [...]
Pulvinora stereothallina Davydov & Yakovczenko, sp. nov. Figs. 2B–E & 3A–E MycoBank number: MB 838037; ndex Fungorum number: IF 838037; Facesoffungi number: FoF; GenBank Accession nos.: MW257118 (ITSþnuLSU), MW257159 (mtSSU) Similar to Pulvinora pringlei but differs by its longer ascospores (10.0–15.0 vs. 7.5–10.0 lm), its inconspicuous pycnidia, its lack of maculae, and by producing [...]
Pulvinora Davydov, Yakovczenko & Printzen, gen. nov. MycoBank number: MB 838000; Index Fungorum number: MB 838000; Facesoffungi number: FoF; The genus is distinguished from other genera within Lecanoraceae by the combination of characters, namely Lecanora-type asci, mycolecanorine apo- thecia soon becoming convex with a photobiont layer under the hypothecium, and a pulvinate thallus with [...]