Placolecis kashmirensis sp. nov. (Lichenized Ascomycota, Catillariaceae) from Azad Jammu &amp; Kashmir, Pakistan

Kousar, Robina; Zulfiqar, Rizwana; Khalid, Abdul Nasir

doi:10.12697/fce.2021.58.11

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“…MN052962), the ITS region of the nrDNA (ITS1, 5.8S, and ITS2), was sequenced (Table ). These markers were used because they were used in phylogenetic analyses recently (Yin et al, 2019;Kousar et al, 2021), and sequences of all species are present in GenBank, whereas other loci are available only for P. opaca. Newly generated sequence of P. loekoesiana supplemented with sequences obtained from Gen-Bank (Table ), representing all five known species of Placolecis.…”

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“…H. Kilias were used as the outgroup. This selection is based on the recent studies, in which Solenopsora and Catillaria appeared more closely related to Placolecis (Yin et al, 2019;Kousar et al, 2021). GenBank Accession numbers are provided in Table . ITS\5.8S 556 bp matrix was aligned using the MAFFT algorithm (Katoh et al, 2005) as implemented on the GUIDANCE web server (Sela et al, 2015).…”

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“…Placolecis Trevis. (Catillariaceae, Ascomycota) is a small genus included five species worldwide (Kousar et al, 2021). The representatives of Placolecis are characterized by crustose-placodioid to squamulose, dark brown to dark yellow, yellow-brown or yellow-olivaceous thallus with yellow to reddish orange medulla K+ red due to the presence of anthraquinones.…”

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“…et al) An. C. Yin has been described from South Korea (Kondratyuk et al, 2017), P. kunmingensis A. C. Yin et Li S. Wang and P. sublaevis A. C. Yin et Li S. Wang from China (Yin et al, 2019) and P. kashmirensis R. Kousar et al from Pakistan (Kousar et al, 2021). In Russia, the only one species P. opaca has been previosly known from the southeastern Transbaikalia (Trans-Baikal Territory, South Siberia), where this species is considered by Makryi (2003) as a relic of Eurasian xerophilic-thermophilic flora and can be dated, presumably, to the Cretaceous period.…”

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The genus Placolecis (Catillariaceae, Lichenized Ascomycota) in Russia

Yakovchenko,

Davydov,

Ryzhkova

2023

Turczaninowia

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A review of the lichen genus Placolecis in Russia is presented. Localities in the Primorye Territory of Placolecis loekoesiana, a new to Russia species, and P. opaca, a new to the Russian Far East species, are reported. For P. opaca, this is a second locality in Russia after Trans-Baikal Territory (South Siberia). Placolecis loekoesiana was previously known exclusively from the “locus classicus” in South Korea. New localities in South Korea are also reported. The description and localities of the new to Russia lichen species Placolecis loekoesiana in the Primorye Territory are reported and results of the phylogenetic analysis (nrITS/5.8S) of Placolecis species are presented, confirming the distinctness of P. loekoesiana and indicating conspecifity of Far Eastern specimens with specimens from South Korea. The studied specimens of P. loekoesiana from Russia and South Korea differ from the protologue by hyaline hymenium smaller in size, exclusively ellipsoid ascospores smaller in size and thallus bigger in size. The verified diagnostic traits of P. loekoesiana based on studied specimens from Russia and South Korea are given. Besides, the data on pycnidia and conidia for P. loekoesiana are presented for the first time. Thus, the species is characterized by its placodioid, yellow-brown or yellow-olivaceous thallus, lecideine apothecia with glossy permanent proper margin, yellow to orange-yellow medulla, hyaline hymenium, pale brownish to hyaline hypothecium, 8-spored Catillaria-type asci with simple, hyaline, ellipsoid ascospores. New data on ecology of the species are reported: so far P. loekoesiana was known occurring on calcareous rocks in habitats with periodically flowing water, while wherevers in the Russian Far East, it grows on open, dry surfaces of calcareous rocks at the elevation 290 to 480 m.

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Section: Sequences and Phylogenetic Reconstructionsmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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The genus Placolecis (Catillariaceae, Lichenized Ascomycota) in Russia

Yakovchenko,

Davydov,

Ryzhkova

2023

Turczaninowia

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“…So far, up to 400 lichens have been reported from Pakistan (e.g. Aptroot & Iqbal, 2012;Fatima et al, 2021;Habib et al, 2021;Kousar et al, 2021;Fayyaz et al, 2022;Nadeem et al, 2022).…”

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Some new lichen records from Pakistan

Fayyaz¹,

Iftikhar²,

Afshan³

et al. 2022

Folia Cryptog. Estonica

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During a survey of the lichens in the state of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, many specimens were collected from the Jhelum and Neelum valley and characterized using morpho-anatomical, molecular and chemical test methods. Two taxa new for Pakistan, i.e., Physciella chloanta and Xanthoparmelia protomatrae s. l., were found in the collection while Physconia enteroxantha represent range extensions within Pakistan. Morpho-anatomical descriptions, ecology and distribution are provided.

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