Bacidina contecta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lecanorales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lecanoromycetes Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae Ordo: Lecanorales

Familia: Ramalinaceae
Genus: Bacidina
Species: Bacidina contecta

Name

Bacidina contecta S.Ekman & T.Sprib., 2009

MycoBank Accession Number: MB 511749

Type locality: CANADA. British Columbia: Sicamous Creek Research area: 10 km ESE of Sicamous, 50°50'N, 118°50'W, old-growth forest (ESSF/UB zone), N-facing old-growth (Picea/Abies) forest, partially cut, 1700 m, 22 Aug 1995, Goward 95-1095 & D. Miege (holotype UBC-L32407; isotype UPS)

Ecology and distribution: B. contecta has been found on the stalks of Vaccinium spp. (Vaccinium membranaceum, Vaccinium ovalifolium) and Rhododendron albiflorum in montane Thuja plicata-Tsuga heterophylla and Abies lasiocarpa-Picea engelmannii forests in the greater inland rain forest region of British Columbia, Idaho, and Montana.

References

• Spribille, T., Björk, C.R., Ekman, S., Elix, J.A., Goward, T., Printzen, C., Tønsberg, T. & Wheeler, T. 2009. Contributions to an epiphytic lichen flora of northwest North America: I. Eight new species from British Columbia inland rain forests. The Bryologist 112(1): 109–137. DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-112.1.109 JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page.  (Bacidina contecta: pp. 114-117; color photos: fig. 2A, habit; fig. 2B, excipular hyphae; fig. 3A, section of areole; fig. 12, map)

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#17) 16 May 2011

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank