Dictyomeridium proponens
Dictyomeridium proponens (Nyl.) Aptroot, M.P. Nelsen & Lücking, in Lücking et al., Lichenologist 48(6): 757 (2016).
≡ Verrucaria proponens Nyl., Bull. Soc. linn. Normandie, sér. 2 2: 130 (1868).
Index Fungorum number: IF 816880; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12013, Fig. 1
Description: see Aptroot and Lucking (2016).
Material considered: see Aptroot and Lucking (2016).
Fig. 1 Dictyomeridium proponens (Cuba, Buck 23544) a–c Habitus of Dictyomeridium species. Scale bars = 1000 μm.
Importance and distribution
Dictyomeridium comprises seven species. Dictyomeridium amylosporum is pantropical (reported from Africa (Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (Hong Kong, India), Central America (Costa Rica), Europe (France (New Caledonia), North America (Caribbean (Puerto Rico), Mexico, The United States), Oceania (Australia, Fiji) and South America (Brazil). Dictyomeridium campylothelioides is Asian (previously reported from China (Taiwan) and Papua New Guinea). Dictyomeridium immersum and D. isohypocrellinum are neotropical (South America (Brazil)), D. lueckingii is reported on bark in South America (Bolivia), D. paraproponens is neotropical, was found on bark in South America (Rondônia, Brazil). Dictyomeridium proponens is pantropical (reported from Africa (Canary Islands), Australia (Papua New Guinea), Caribbean (Puerto Rico), South America (Brazil) and the United States (Costa Rica, Guyana, Hawaii, Mexico, Venezuela).
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