New Or Interesting Records of Lichens and Lichenicolous Fungi from Suriname, with Descriptions of Eight New Species
New or interesting records of lichens and lichenicolous fungi from Suriname, with descriptions of eight new species Pieter P. G. VAN DEN BOOM Abstract: Altogether 193 taxa of lichens and lichenicolous fungi are reported from Suriname of which many Harrie J. M. SIPMAN are new records for the country. These include eight species which are described as new to science: Bacidia Pradeep K. DIVAKAR fellhaneroides, B. multicarpa, B. surinamensis, Bactrospora ochracea, Cryptolechia submyriadella, Graphis tri- Damien ERTZ septata, Lasioloma pauciseptatum and Zwackhiomyces parmotrematis. notes on morphology, chemistry and ecology are given. Keywords: biodiversity, chemistry, ecology, lichenized Ascomycetes, South America, taxonomy. Ascomycete.org, 10 (6) : 244–258 Mise en ligne le 30/12/2018 10.25664/ART-0248 Introduction eight species are described as new for science, Bacidia fellhaneroides, B. multicarpa, B. surinamensis, Bactrospora ochracea, Cryptolechia submyriadella, Graphis triseptata, Lasioloma pauciseptatum and Suriname belongs together with Guiana and French Guiana to the Zwackhiomyces parmotrematis. Besides these, a further 185 species Guayana Shield, an area in north-eastern South America. Together are listed and annotated below. with Venezuelan Guiana and parts of Colombia and Brazil, it forms a distinct geographical region. This region is characterized by geo- logical rock formations with poor soils and hilly terrain with emerg- Material and methods ing table mountains (LüCkinG, 1998). Several main geographical zones are distinguished in the Guianas of which three are important The specimens investigated were collected in 2014 by the first au- to consider for this study (SipmAn, 1991): 1) A narrow band of low- thor and his wife and are deposited in the herbarium of the first au- lying, fertile alluvial soils, found along the coast.
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