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Racoplaca subtilissima

Racoplaca subtilissima Fée, Essai Crypt. Exot. (Paris): xciv, xcix (1825) [1824].

           Index Fungorum number: IF 403637; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12003, Fig. 1

Description: see Jiang et al. (2020).

Material considered: see Jiang et al. (2020).

Fig. 1 Racoplaca melanobapha (re-drawn from Fig. 15 in Jiang et al. 2020). a Thallus (HMAS-L0139276). b Asci (HMAS-L0139275). c Ascospores (HMAS-L0139331). d Macroconidia (HMAS-L0139275). Scale bars: a = 1 mm, b–d = 5 μm.

Importance and distribution

Racoplaca comprises five lichenized species known on living leaves. Racoplaca melanobapha is a pantropical species known from Africa (Sierra Leone), Asia (Borneo Island, China), Australia, Europe (France (Guiana)) and South America (Brazil (Peru). Racoplaca maculata and R. tremens are known from South America (Brazil), R. subtilissima is known from Europe (France) while R. transversoundulata is reported from South America (Guyana) (Jiang et al. 2020).

 

Reference

Jiang SH, Lücking R, Xavier-Leite AB, Cáceres MES, Aptroot A, Portilla CV, Wei JC. 2020 – Reallocation of foliicolous species of the genus Strigula into six genera (lichenized Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes, Strigulaceae). Fungal Diversity 102, 257–291.

 

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