Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Pilocarpaceae
Genus: Fellhanera
Species: Fellhanera fallax
Name
Fellhanera fallax R.C. Harris & Lendemer, 2009
Mycobank #513140.
Diagnosis: Ut in Fellanera silicis sed hypothecio KOH– et conidiis brevioribus differt.
Type: U.S.A. ILLINOIS. Jackson Co.: Shawnee National Forest, Fountain Bluff, along Happy Hollow Road 1.5 miles W of IL 3, sandstone outcrops in mixed hardwood forest, 7.xi.2004, W.R. Buck 47658 (NY, holotype).
Etymology: This species is named “fallax”, i.e., “deceptive” as it is inseparable in the field from Fellhanera silicis.
Distribution: Fellhanera fallax is distributed in the Ozark Ecoregion and adjacent Illinois and Kentucky.
Ecology: Fellhanera fallax is ecologically similar to the mostly sympatric species Fellhanera silicis.
References
- R.C. Harris & Lendemer, Opuscula Philolichenum 6: 166 (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 fallax: pp. 166-167) (Plate 1, p. 158, conidia of F. fallax: Fig. 4) (Plate 4, p. 172, distribution map of Fellhanera fallax)