Bacidia gullahgeechee (Bacidiaceae, Lecanoromycetes) an Unusual New Species Potentially Endemic to the Globally Unique Ashepoo-Combahee-Edisto River Basin of Southeastern North America
Lendemer JC. 2018. Bacidia gullahgeechee (Bacidiaceae, Lecanoromycetes) an Unusual New Species Potentially Endemic to the Globally Unique Ashepoo-Combahee-Edisto River Basin of Southeastern North America. The Bryologist. 121(4):536-546
ABSTRACT: Bacidia gullahgeechee is described as new to science and easily recognized by the combination of a leprose thallus, minute tan to dark reddish-brown biatorine apothecia, and production of perlatolic acid. The species forms extensive, conspicuous colonies on palmetto (Sabal palmetto) trunks in maritime forests of the Ashepoo-Combahee-Edisto (ACE) Basin of South Carolina, one of largest protected estuaries in the eastern United States, where it is presumed to be narrowly endemic.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Lendemer, James
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory, APHN, ATBI, Bacidia lobarica, Bacidiaceae, biodiversity, biogeography, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, GRSM, GRSM-00825, Hertelidea botryosa, lichens, Scoliciosporaceae, Scoliciosporum pensylvanicum, Scoliciosporum pruinosum, SER, Southeast Region, taxonomy