Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Pilocarpaceae
Genus: Fellhanera
Species: Fellhanera montesfumosi
Name
Fellhanera montesfumosi R.C. Harris & Lendemer, 2009
Mycobank #513145.
Diagnosis: Ut in Fellhanerae silicis quoad thallam, apothecias, pycnidias et conidias sed ascosporis (3)–4–6–(8)–septatis, 14–19 x 3.7–5.4 μm differt.
Type: U.S.A. NORTH CAROLINA. Haywood Co.: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 3 miles southeast of Waterville, along Baxter Creek Trail, south of Big Creek Campsite, Mount Sterling Ridge, lower slopes of Mount Sterling, Cove Creek Quad., rich 1170 cove forest (Aesculus hippocastanum, Acer saccharum, Liriodendron tulipifera, Betula lenta, Halesia caroliniana) on north–facing slope with narrow rocky ravine of Baxter creek, on shaded rocks, 28.x.2006, J.C. Lendemer 8169 & E. Tripp (NY, holotype).
Etymology: The epithet “montesfumosi” refers to the distribution of the species, which is known only from the type locality in the Great Smoky Mountains.
Ecology: Fellhanera montesfumosi is a saxicolous member of the F. silicis group, known only from acidic rock outcrops at the type locality.
References
- 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 montesfumosi: pp. 170-171) (Plate 1, p. 158, conidia of F. montesfumosi: Fig. 3)