Taxonavigation

Familia: Collemataceae
Genus: Collema
Species: Collema coniophilum

Name

Collema coniophilum Goward, Bryologist 112(1): 125 (2009)

MycoBank Accession Number: MB 511752

Type locality: CANADA. British Columbia: Fraser River Drainage, Bowron Lake Road, km 20, ca. 53^o59'30"N, 121^o48'30"W, on Picea, 680 m, 29 Aug 2006, Goward 06-666 (holotype UBC, isotypes BM, CANL, H).

Etymology: From Greek konis, dust and philos, lover, in reference to this species' characteristic preference for trees impregnated with calcareous dust.

Ecology and distribution: Collema coniophilum is currently known only from British Columbia. It has been found on branches of Abies lasiocarpa, Picea glauca, Populus trichocarpa, Thuja plicata and Tsuga heterophylla in areas with road dust.

References

• Spribille, T., Björk, C.R., Ekman, S., Elix, J.A., Goward, T., Printzen, C., Tønsberg, T. & Wheeler, T. 2009. Contributions to an epiphytic lichen flora of northwest North America: I. Eight new species from British Columbia inland rain forests. The Bryologist 112(1): 109–137. DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-112.1.109 JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page. : (Collema coniophilum: pp. 125-126; color photo: p. 126, fig. 8; distribution map: p. 116, fig. 4)

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#18) 13 Dec 2012

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

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