Mycobiology.  2008 Sep;36(3):190-192. 10.4489/MYCO.2008.36.3.190.

First Report of Heterodermia squamulosa (Lichenized Ascomycota, Physciaceae) in South Korea

Affiliations
  • 1Korean Lichen Research Institute, Sunchon National University, Sunchon 540-742, Korea. jshur1@sunchon.ac.kr
  • 2Department of Biology, Dongguk University, Seoul 100-715, Korea.
  • 3Division of Specimen and Genetic Resources, Korea National Arboretum 487-821, Korea.

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.

Keyword

Foliose lichen; Korea; Lichen-forming fungus; New record

MeSH Terms

Ascomycota
European Continental Ancestry Group
Humans
Hydroxybenzoates
Korea
Republic of Korea
Triterpenes
Hydroxybenzoates
Triterpenes
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