Perspectives in Biodiversity | 2024 | Volume 2 | pp 69–76
Research Paper
A new species of Dictyomeridium (Trypetheliaceae) from Aotearoa / New Zealand and an updated key to species of the genus
Andrew J. Marshall 1*, André Aptroot2, Dan J. Blanchon3, Peter J. de Lange1
Affiliations:
1 Applied Molecular Solutions Research Group, School of Environmental and Animal Sciences, Unitec, Private Bag 92025, Victoria Street West, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
2 Laboratório de Botânica / Liquenologia, Instituto de Biociências, Bairro Universitário, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
3 Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Private Bag 92018, Victoria Street West, Auckland, New Zealand
*Author for correspondence: amarshall2@unitec.ac.nz
Received: 26 July 2024 | Accepted: 24 August 2024 | Published: 9 December 2024
Associate Editor: Mark Large
https://doi.org/10.34074/pibdiv.002108
Abstract:
Dictyomeridium neureuterae A.J.Marshall, Aptroot, de Lange et Blanchon sp. nov. (Trypetheliaceae) is described from Aotearoa / New Zealand. The new species is described from a single location in the Hauraki Gulf Islands and is the only known representative of the genus in Aotearoa / New Zealand. It is characterised by having a pale, ecorticate, UV- thallus, eccentric to lateral ostioles lacking any pigmentation, and 8-spored asci containing comparatively small, muriform, non-amyloid ascospores.