Authors

Richard C. Harris, Institute of Systematic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York
Erin A. Tripp, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder
James C. Lendemer, Institute of Systematic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York

Arthopyrenia betulicola (Arthopyreniaceae, Dothidiomycetes), an Unusual New Lichenized Fungus From High Elevations of the Southern Appalachian Mountains

DOI

10.5642/aliso.20133102.03

First Page

77

Last Page

81

Abstract

The crustose pyrenolichen Arthopyrenia betulicola is described as new to science based on collections from high elevations of Great Smoky Mountains National Park in eastern North America. The species is hypothesized to be endemic to the southern Appalachian Mountains where it occurs only on the bark of mature yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis). It is a somewhat unusual member of the genus Arthopyrenia s.l. in consistently having a conspicuous photobiont layer of Trentepohlia. It differs from A. cinchonae, with which it is allopatric, by this feature as well as in having differently shaped and narrower ascospores.

Recommended Citation

Harris, Richard C.; Tripp, Erin A.; and Lendemer, James C. (2013) "Arthopyrenia betulicola (Arthopyreniaceae, Dothidiomycetes), an Unusual New Lichenized Fungus From High Elevations of the Southern Appalachian Mountains," Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany: Vol. 31: Iss. 2, Article 3.
Available at: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/aliso/vol31/iss2/3