Original paper
A new species of Porpidia (Lecideales, Ascomycota) from Pakistan
Fayyaz, Iram; Afshan, Najam-ul-Sehar; Niazi, Abdul Rehman; Khalid, Abdul Nasir; Orange, Alan
Nova Hedwigia Band 114 Heft 1-2 (2022), p. 221 - 235
33 references
published: Feb 18, 2022
manuscript accepted: Nov 11, 2021
manuscript received: Jun 25, 2021
DOI: 10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2022/0676
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Abstract
Porpidia kashmirensis sp. nov. is described from Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. ITS and nrLSU sequences confirm its position within the genus Porpidia and, together with its morphology and chemistry, suggest that it is separate from other species of this genus. The species is characterized by a well-developed, pale grey thallus, up to 2.5 mm thick with areoles, containing confluentic acid, immersed apothecia, ascospores relatively small, 13–16 × 6.3–9.9 µm, paraphyses with relatively wider cap cells, upto 4.5 µm wide; differing from related species.