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Lecanora neobarkmaniana (Lecanorales, Lecanoraceae), A New Lichen Species from South Korea

  • Jung Shin Park (Division of Forest Biodiversity, Korea National Arboretum) ;
  • Sang-Kuk Han (Division of Forest Biodiversity, Korea National Arboretum) ;
  • Soon-Ok Oh (Division of Forest Biodiversity, Korea National Arboretum)
  • Received : 2022.09.22
  • Accepted : 2022.12.29
  • Published : 2023.02.28
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Abstract

Lecanora is one of the largest genera of lichens worldwide. These lichens can be easily seen, and are commonly found on trees and rocks. Most Korean Lecanora species belong to the Lecanora subfusca group, which has well-defined superficial thallus, red-brown apothecia, and soredia. The new species of L. neobarkmaniana grows on rocks, farinose soredia coalescing, usually covering the whole thallus, and containing atranorin and zeorin. We used internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and mitochondrial small subunit (mtSSU) sequence data to identify the phylogenetic relationship across Lecanora sequence data and found the species to form different clades. In this study, we reported some interesting findings and described the genetic relationship with other sorediate Lecanora species and the characteristics of the new species. An identification key for the Korean sorediate Lecanora species is given.

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Acknowledgement

We are grateful to Ji-seon Moon, Yun-ju Jo, and Junyeong Kim for assistance with DNA sequencing, and to Jeong-ju Seo for help with specimen collection.

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