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A new species and a new record of the genus Squamulea (Teloschistaceae, lichenized Ascomycota) from Pakistan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2023

Najam-ul-Sehar Afshan ,
Iram Fayyaz Open the ORCID record for Iram Fayyaz [Opens in a new window] ,
Fatima Iftikhar Open the ORCID record for Fatima Iftikhar [Opens in a new window] ,
Maria Jabeen  and
Abdul Nasir Khalid
Najam-ul-Sehar Afshan
Affiliation:
Fungal Biology and Systematics Laboratory, Institute of Botany, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus-54590, Lahore, Pakistan
Iram Fayyaz
Affiliation:
Fungal Biology and Systematics Laboratory, Institute of Botany, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus-54590, Lahore, Pakistan
Fatima Iftikhar*
Affiliation:
Fungal Biology and Systematics Laboratory, Institute of Botany, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus-54590, Lahore, Pakistan
Maria Jabeen
Affiliation:
Fungal Biology and Systematics Laboratory, Institute of Botany, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus-54590, Lahore, Pakistan
Abdul Nasir Khalid
Affiliation:
Fungal Biology and Systematics Laboratory, Institute of Botany, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus-54590, Lahore, Pakistan
*
Author for correspondence: Fatima Iftikhar. E-mail: fatimaiftikhar064@gmail.com
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Abstract

A novel species in the genus Squamulea, S. chikarensis, is described from Himalayan moist temperate forest in Pakistan. The morphology, chemistry and ITS sequences support its distinction from other species of this genus. The taxon is characterized by a pale green to yellow thallus, large apothecia up to 0.8–1.8 mm wide, pale yellow to yellow-orange apothecial discs, a hymenium 70–110 μm high, large ascospores (12–20 × 5–11 μm) and a narrow ascospore septum (1.5–3 μm). In addition, S. flakusii is reported as new to Pakistan and Eurasia.

Keywords

CaloplacoideaeHimalayasHuriellalichen diversityXanthorioideae
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The Lichenologist , Volume 55 , Issue 2 , March 2023 , pp. 51 - 58
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the British Lichen Society

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