First Report of Heterodermia squamulosa (Lichenized Ascomycota, Physciaceae) in South Korea.
10.4489/MYCO.2008.36.3.190
- Author:
Xin Yu WANG
1
;
Hyun HUR
;
You Mi LEE
;
Young Jin KOH
;
Jae Seoun HUR
Author Information
1. Korean Lichen Research Institute, Sunchon National University, Sunchon 540-742, Korea. jshur1@sunchon.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Brief Communication
- Keywords:
Foliose lichen;
Korea;
Lichen-forming fungus;
New record
- MeSH:
Ascomycota;
European Continental Ancestry Group;
Humans;
Hydroxybenzoates;
Korea;
Republic of Korea;
Triterpenes
- From:Mycobiology
2008;36(3):190-192
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Heterodermia squamulosa (Degel.) W.L. Culb. was found in the mountain of Gariwang, Gangwon province, in 2008. It is characterized by numerous squamules along the margin, decorticate and white lower surface, rhizines along the margin, black and densely squarrosely branched, usually forming a dense mat under the thallus. Apothecia margins densely squamulose, ascospores 12~15 x 25~30 microm. Atranorin and zeorin contained in thallus. This is the first record of this species in South Korea.
