A new species of Megalospora Meyen (lichenised Ascomycetes) from Tasmania

  • Gintaras Kantvilas Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, PO Box 5058, UTAS LPO, Sandy Bay, Tasmania 7005, Australia.

Abstract

The new species, Megalospora clandestina Kantvilas, is described from the highlands of Tasmania. It is characterised by a sorediate thallus containing pannarin and zeorin, single-spored asci and muriform ascospores, 30–72 x 12–30 μm. A key to the eight species of the genus occurring in Tasmania is presented.
Keywords: Australia, biodiversity, lichens, Megalosporaceae, taxonomy

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