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A new leprose Leprocaulon (Ascomycota, Leprocaulales) from Great Britain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 May 2017

Alan ORANGE ,
Peter M. EARLAND-BENNETT ,
Christopher J. B. HITCH  and
Mark POWELL
Alan ORANGE
Affiliation:
Natural Sciences, National Museum of Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NP, UK. Email: alan.orange@museumwales.ac.uk
Peter M. EARLAND-BENNETT
Affiliation:
44 Sherwood Way, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS2 4SR, UK
Christopher J. B. HITCH
Affiliation:
Orchella Lodge, 14 Hawthorn Close, Knodishall, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17 1XW, UK
Mark POWELL
Affiliation:
15 Rotten Row, Risely, Bedford, MK44 1EJ, UK
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Abstract

Leprocaulon calcicola is described as new from walls in SE England; it is leprose, pale to mid blue-grey, and contains zeorin and usnic acid. It differs from L. knudsenii from North America in its habitat on mortared walls rather than non-calcareous rock and in its ITS sequence. ‘Lecanora’ ecorticata differs in the yellower colour, and the presence of unidentified fatty acids and traces of unknown terpenoids (but not zeorin) by thin-layer chromatography. Leprose lichens with usnic acid are still poorly known and sequencing must be used to support morphological and chemical studies.

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churcheslichentaxonomyusnic acidwalls

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The Lichenologist , Volume 49 , Issue 3 , May 2017 , pp. 183 - 188
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© British Lichen Society, 2017 

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