Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Pilocarpaceae
Genus: Fellhanera
Species: Fellhanera eriniae
Name
Fellhanera eriniae R.C. Harris & Lendemer, 2009
Mycobank #513139.
Diagnosis: Similis Fellhaneae silicis quoad apothecias et pycnidiis sed thallo lignicola, tenuissimo continuo nitente, blastidiis soredio–isidioidibus et ascosporis fusiformibus (5)–7–9–septatis, 25–32 x 2.5–5 μm.
Type: U.S.A. NORTH CAROLINA. Haywood Co.: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 3 mi SE of Waterville, along Baxter Creek Trail, S of Big Creek Campsite, Mount Sterling Ridge, lower slopes of Mount Sterling, Cove Creek Quad., rich cove forest (Aesculus hippocastanum, Acer saccharum, Liriodendron tulipifera, Betula lenta, Halesia carolina) on north–facing slope with narrow rocky ravine of Baxter creek, on fallen rotting branch, 28.x.2006, J.C. Lendemer 8164 & E. Tripp (NY, holotype).
Etymology: The epithet “eriniae” honors Erin Anne Tripp, who has contributed greatly to our knowledge of the lichens of the southern Appalachian Mountains.
Distribution: Presently known only from the Baxter Creek Watershed in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
References
- R.C. Harris & Lendemer, Opuscula Philolichenum 6: 165 (2009)
- Harris, R.C. and Lendemer, J.C. (2009) The Fellhanera silicis group in eastern North America. Opuscula Philolichenum 6: 157–174. (RLL List # 214 / Rec. # 30890 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (PDF file) (Discussion of Fellhanera eriniae: pp. 165-166) (Plate 3, p. 164, color photos of F. erinae: Fig. 1, thallus and habit; Fig. 2, section of apothecium; Fig. 3, ascospore) (Plate 1, p. 158, conidia of F. erinae: Fig. 6)