A new species of Brigantiaea (brigantiaeaceae: lichenized Ascomycota) from Australia.

Kantvilas, Gintaras; Elix, John

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A new species of Brigantiaea (brigantiaeaceae: lichenized Ascomycota) from Australia.

Date

2009

Authors

Kantvilas, Gintaras

Elix, John

Publisher

Gebruder Borntraeger

Abstract

The new species, Brigantiaea leprosa Kantvilas & Elix, based on material from Tasmania and New South Wales, is described. It is characterised chiefly by a leprose-sorediate thallus, with the soredia arising from scattered pustules, and by the presence of