Five new species of Graphidaceae (Ascomycota, Ostropales) from Thailand

Abstract

Five new species of Graphidaceae are described from Thailand. Molecular evidence and phenotypical characters support their independent status from related and similar species. Glaucotrema thailandicum Naksuwankul, Lücking & Lumbsch is unique within the genus in having submuriform ascospores. Ocellularia klinhomii Naksuwankul, Lücking & Lumbsch is characterized by having a whitish gray, rimose thallus with ascomata in verrucae and surrounded by a black ring and lack of secondary metabolites. Ocellularia phatamensis Naksuwankul, Parnmen & Lumbsch has a grayish, thick and rimose thallus, differing from O. klinhomii in lacking a dark apothecial rim and having ascomata that are not immersed in verrucae. Ocellularia thailandica Naksuwankul, Kraichak & Lumbsch differs from O. albocincta in lacking a columella. Ocellularia rotundifumosa Naksuwankul, Lücking & Lumbsch differs from O. fumosa in having ascospores with rounded ends. An epitype for O. krathingensis is selected.

Kalbionora palaeotropica, a new genus and species from coastal forests in Southeast Asia and Australia (Malmideaceae, Ascomycota)

“…Recent studies on the diversity of lichen-forming fungi in Thailand have dramatically increased our knowledge of these organisms in Southeast Asia, with numerous new records and new species discovered in a number of different habitats, including coastal forests (Aptroot et al 2007;Kalb et al 2012Kalb et al , 2016aKalb et al , 2016bKantvilas et al 2010;Luangsuphabool et al 2016aLuangsuphabool et al , 2016bNaksuwankul et al 2016;Neuwirth et al 2014Neuwirth et al , 2016Papong and Lumbsch 2011;Papong et al 2014;Pitakpong et al 2015;Rangsiruji et al 2016;Sutjaritturakan and Kalb 2015;Buaruang et al 2017).…”

Lichens from the Colombian Amazon: 666 Taxa Including 28 new Species and 157 New Country Records Document an Extraordinary Diversity

“…All differ from the new species also in the presence of a columella. The only taxa lacking secondary compounds are the recently described O. rotundifumosa Naksukankul, Lücking & Lumbsch (Naksuwankul et al 2016) and O. inspersipallens (described below), but both also differ from the new species in having a columella.…”

“…Ocellularia inspersipallens is the second species in this group with inspersed hymenium but lacking secondary compounds, the other being O. rotundifumosa from Thailand. The latter has larger, more prominent apothecia and slightly larger ascospores (Naksuwankul et al 2016). Overall, the new species is most similar to O. viridipallens Müll.Arg.…”