Punctelia involuta

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Parmeliaceae
Subfamilia: Parmelioideae
Genus: Punctelia
Species: Punctelia involuta

Name

Punctelia involuta Canêz & Marcelli, 2010

Diagnosis: Similis Punctelia borrerina medulla C- et conidiis filiformibus sed lobis involutis, pseudocyphaellis inconspicuuis et conidiis brevibus filiformibus (7–9 µm) differt.

Type: BRAZIL.SÃO PAULO: São Luis do Paraitinga, Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar, Núcleo Santa Virgínia, disable trail, 23^o21'09,7"S, 45^o07'48,6"W, 975 m alt., at the base of thin rotten Myrtaceae trunk inside the open forest, L.S. Canêz, P. Jungbluth, A.A. Spielmann & M.J. Kitaura 2320, 14-I-2007 (holotype SP).

Etymology: Punctelia involuta is characterized by involute lobes, which are unique in the P. microsticta-group.

References

• Canêz, L. and Marcelli, M. (2010) The Punctelia microsticta-group (Parmeliaceae). The Bryologist 113 (4): 728–738)   (RLL List # 222 / Rec.# 32611 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (JSTOR) (Discussion of Punctelia involuta: pp. 732-733; photo: p. 731, Fig. 3.)