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Nigrovothelium tropicum

Nigrovothelium tropicum (Ach.) Lücking, M.P. Nelsen & Aptroot, in Lücking et al., Lichenologist 48(6): 757 (2016)

≡ Verrucaria tropica Ach., Lich. univ.: 278 (1810)

           Index Fungorum number: IF 816881; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12015 , Fig. 1

Description: see Lucking et al. (2016).

Material considered: see Lucking et al. (2016).

Fig. 1 Nigrovothelium tropicum (‘South America’, lectotype). a–c Habitus of Nigrovothelium. d Vertical section of ascoma. Scale bar: a– c = 1 mm, d = 100 µm.

Importance and distribution

Nigrovothelium has been reported on bark and has a worldwide distribution mainly pantropical known from Africa (Seychelles) and Asia (India).

 

References

Aptroot A, Lücking R. 2016 – A revisionary synopsis of the Trypetheliaceae (Ascomycota: Trypetheliales). Lichenologist 48, 763–982.

Lücking R, Hodkinson BP, Leavitt SD. 2016 – The 2016 classification of lichenized fungi in the Ascomycota and Basidiomycota – Approaching one thousand genera. The Bryologist 119, 361–416.

 

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