Arthopyrenia betulicola (Arthopyreniaceae, Dothidiomycetes), an Unusual New Lichenized Fungus from High Elevations of the Southern Appalachian Mountains
Harris RC, Tripp EA, Lendemer JC. 2013. Arthopyrenia betulicola (Arthopyreniaceae, Dothidiomycetes), an Unusual New Lichenized Fungus from High Elevations of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Aliso. 31(2):77-81
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 phyotobiont layer of Trentepohlia. It differes from A. cinchonae, with which it is allopatric, by this feature as well as in having differently shaped and narrower ascospores.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Harris, Richard; Tripp, Erin; Lendemer, James
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory, APHN, Appalachian Highlands Network, ATBI, crustose, Fungus, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, GRSM, GRSM-00825, Lichen, lichenized, New Species, Old Growth, pyrenolichen, SER, Southeast Region, yellow birch