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Sarcogyne mitziae (Acarosporaceae), a new species from biotic soil crusts in western North America

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BRYOLOGIST
Volume 116, Issue 2, Pages 122-126

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AMER BRYOLOGICAL LICHENOLOGICAL SOC INC
DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-116.2.122

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Conservation; Joshua Tree National Park; taxonomy; terricolous lichens

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  1. University of California at Riverside
  2. Joshua Tree National Park
  3. KONTAKT II, Program of International Cooperation in Research and Development for scientific cooperation between the CR and USA, from Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports [LH 11057]
  4. Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center of the U.S. Department of the Interior
  5. Bureau of Land Management

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A new species with a corticated brown thallus, Sarcogyne mitziae, is described from biotic soil crusts in California, Idaho, and Washington. The species is considered rare and occurs in habitat that is threatened by anthropogenic factors such as development, grazing, and fire, throughout western North America. Seventeen species of Sarcogyne are currently recognized for North America.

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