During the Stockholm University Svalbard expedition of 1966 well developed specimens of Lecidea sorediata Lynge (Lynge, 1928, p. 117) with ascocarps were discovered which have enabled the status and affinities of this little known taxon to be investigated. Lecanora symmicta (Ach.) Ach. var. sorediosa Westm. nom. nov. et stat.nov.
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