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Two new species in the Micarea prasina group from Western Europe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2017

Pieter P. G. VAN DEN BOOM ,
A. Maarten BRAND ,
Brian J. COPPINS  and
Emmanuël SÉRUSIAUX
Pieter P. G. VAN DEN BOOM
Affiliation:
Arafura 16, NL-5691 JA Son, The Netherlands
A. Maarten BRAND
Affiliation:
Klipperwerf 5, NL-2317 DX Leiden, The Netherlands
Brian J. COPPINS
Affiliation:
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR, UK
Emmanuël SÉRUSIAUX
Affiliation:
(corresponding author): Evolution and Conservation Biology Unit, University of Liège, Sart Tilman B22, B-4000 Liège, Belgium. Email: E.Serusiaux@ulg.ac.be
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Abstract

Detailed morphological and anatomical studies informed by molecular inferences with mtSSU as a marker revealed two new species of Micarea in Western Europe, both belonging to the core group of the genus, namely the M. prasina group: M. herbarum from the Netherlands and Poland and M. meridionalis from Portugal and Italy. Micarea herbarum looks like a small or depauperate M. denigrata but clearly differs by the lack of gyrophoric acid, while M. meridionalis is distinguished by its granular thallus and the production of micareic acid.

Keywords

lichen diversitylichenized Ascomycotamolecular phylogenytaxonomy
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The Lichenologist , Volume 49 , Issue 1 , January 2017 , pp. 13 - 25
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© British Lichen Society, 2017 

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