Journal
WILLDENOWIA
Volume 46, Issue 2, Pages 245-251Publisher
BOTANISCHER GARTEN & BOTANISCHE MUSEUM BERLIN-DAHLEM
DOI: 10.3372/wi.46.46205
Keywords
lichens; Megasporaceae; Megaspora; taxonomy; new species; sorediate; Juniperus; South Caucasus; Armenia; Khosrov Forest State Reserve; ITS
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- DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, German Academic Exchange Service)
- project Developing Tools for Conserving the Plant Diversity of the Transcaucasus - Volkswagen Foundation
- Stichting Hugo de Vries-fonds
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The corticolous species Megaspora cretacea is described as new for science. The species is characterized by a thick, cretaceous thallus and a pale bluish, rather coarse soredia covering most of the thallus. It grows on Juniperus bark in open arid woodlands in Armenia. A key to the three species included in the genus Megaspora is presented. Phylogenetic analysis based on nrITS sequences revealed that M. cretacea clustered within the Megaspora clade as sister species to M. rimisorediata with high support.
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