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Catillaria flexuosa (Catillariaceae), a new lichen species described from the Netherlands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 March 2021

Pieter P. G. van den Boom*
Affiliation:
Arafura 16, 5691 JA, Son, the Netherlands
Pablo Alvarado
Affiliation:
Alvalab, Dr Fernando Bongera St., Severo Ochoa Bldg S1.04, 33006 Oviedo, Spain
*
Author for correspondence: Pieter P. G. van den Boom. E-mail: pvdboom@kpnmail.nl

Abstract

A new lichen species is described from specimens growing on Fraxinus trees north of Eindhoven (the Netherlands). Morphological and genetic studies suggest that the new species belongs in the genus Catillaria, and the name Catillaria flexuosa is proposed because of its flexuose apothecia. The new species is characterized by the relatively large apothecia (up to 0.9 mm diam.) and relatively thick, knobby to ±subsquamulose, greenish, thallus. Due to their similar morphological features, C. flexuosa can be easily confused with Catillaria chalybeia, C. fungoides or C. nigroclavata, so it is therefore compared with these species. In addition, Arthonia epiphyscia is reported being a very rare species in the Netherlands.

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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the British Lichen Society
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Table 1. Species names, voucher specimens and GenBank Accession numbers of sequences of Catillaria and related taxa used in the phylogenetic analyses. Samples in bold were sequenced in the present study. Sequences were obtained mainly from Gaya et al. (2012), Lendemer & Hodkinson (2013), Guttová et al. (2014) and Prieto & Wedin (2016).

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Fig. 1. A 50% majority rule ITS rDNA-28S rDNA-mtSSU-Mcm7-tub2 consensus phylogram of the family Catillariaceae (with a selection of species from the orders Teloschistales and Caliciales, as well as Bryobilimbia diapensiae as outgroup) obtained in MrBayes from 23 925 sampled trees. Nodes were annotated if supported by ≥ 0.95 Bayesian posterior probability (PP) (left) or ≥ 70% maximum likelihood bootstrap proportions (BP) (right). Sequences newly generated in this study are in bold. In colour online.

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Fig. 2. A 50% majority rule ITS rDNA consensus phylogram of the family Catillariaceae (with a selection of species from Leprocaulaceae, as well as Catillaria lenticularis as outgroup) obtained in MrBayes from 1500 sampled trees. Nodes were annotated if supported by ≥ 0.95 Bayesian posterior probability (PP) (left) or ≥ 70% maximum likelihood bootstrap proportions (BP) (right). Sequences newly generated in this study are in bold. In colour online.

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Fig. 3. Catillaria flexuosa (holotype, P. van den Boom 58587). A, habitus. B, section of apothecium. C, paraphyses and some ascospores. Scales: A = 1 mm; B = 100 μm; C = 20 μm. In colour online.

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Fig. 4. Catillaria chalybeia (corticolous, P. van den Boom 59192), habitus. Scale = 0.5 mm. In colour online.

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Table 2. Comparison of the main characters of the six known corticolous Catillaria s. str. species. Information obtained from Kilias (1981), Tretiach & Hafellner (1998), van den Boom & Etayo (2001), Smith et al. (2009), van den Boom (2010) and the present study.