Buellia sharpiana (Physciaceae, Lichenized Ascomycetes), Another New Species from the Great Smoky Mountains of Eastern North America
Lendemer JC and Harris RC. 2013. Buellia sharpiana (Physciaceae, Lichenized Ascomycetes), Another New Species from the Great Smoky Mountains of Eastern North America. Castanea. 78(2):148-153
Buellia sharpiana is described as new to science based on material from a single locality at the summit of Mt. LeConte in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the southern Appalachian Mountains of eastern North America. The species is characterized by its ascospore size, thallus morphology, medullary I reaction, and the production of xanthones. Comparison is made to two morphologically similar species, B. ocellata (Flo¨ rke ex Flot.) Ko¨ rb. and B. jugorum (Arnold) Arnold.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Lendemer, James; Harris, Richard
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- Anakeesta Formation, APHN, Appalachian Highlands Network, Biodiversity, Biogeography, endemism, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, GRSM, GRSM-00825, Lichen, Mt. LeConte, SER, Southeast Region, spruce-fir